Lynn Forney Young

Lynn Forney Young
Young in 2020
Commissioner for the United States Semiquincentennial
Assumed office
2017
Appointed byPaul Ryan
43rd President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
In office
2013–2016
Preceded byMerry Ann T. Wright
Succeeded byAnn Turner Dillon
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLarry Steven Young
Children2
EducationStephen F. Austin State University
University of Houston

Lynn Forney Young is an American civil leader and clubwoman. She was the 43rd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, serving from 2013 to 2016. As the organization's president general, she oversaw a $4 million restoration of DAR Constitution Hall, led the organization in setting a Guinness World Record for "most letters to military personnel collected in one month" with 100,904 letters to members of the United States Armed Forces, and met with Elizabeth II during an event to launch a project to digitize the Royal Archives of George III.

In June 2016, Young was appointed to the United States Semiquincentennial Commission by House Speaker Paul Ryan and took office in 2017. She is also a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, the National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, the National Society United States Daughters of 1812, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.