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Dr. Lionel W. Young, esteemed pediatric radiologist, colleague, mentor, beloved husband, father and grandfather, was born in New Orleans, LA, on March 14, 1932, and died April 10, 2019, in Redlands, CA, from complications of heart disease. Dr. Young received his Bachelor of Science degree from Benedictine College (1953) inAtchison, KS, and his Doctor of Medicine degree from Howard University College of Medicine (1957). Dr. Young completed a rotating internship at Detroit Receiving Hospital, Wayne State University College of Medicine, and then applied for residency in radiology. He was accepted into radiology training at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. During his residency he became especially interested in the application of diagnostic and therapeutic radiology to diseases of children and decided to seek additional training in pediatric radiology. However, the Berry Plan, which had deferred his draft into the U.S. military until completion of residency training, temporarily delayed his quest to study pediatric radiology. As a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, he was assigned to be chief of radiology for 2 years at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in New Hampshire. Lt. Cmdr. Young supervised the diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy needs of Navy and Air Force personnel and their dependents. Following Dr. Young’s discharge from the Navy, Dr. Frederic Silverman, a pediatric radiologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, became Dr. Young’s mentor, supported by a 2-year fellowship grant for training in clinical pediatric radiology. In Cincinnati, Dr. Young was also inspired to teach and engage in relevant associated research. Dr. Young returned to Strong Memorial Hospital at the University of Rochester to establish its first pediatric radiology section and to begin a fellowship training program, obtaining yearly grants for the trainees. Dr. Young’s success at Rochester from 1965 to 1975 led to his appointment as director of pediatric radiology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. The radiology staff at Pittsburgh included Dr. John Caffey, the pioneer pediatric radiologist who had mentored Drs. Frederic Silverman and Dr. Bertram Girdany at Babies Hospital in New York. A particular delight at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital was a visit from Fred Rogers of the children’s television show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Dr. Young participated in a segment of “Let’s Talk About the Hospital” that included a radiograph of a boy’s arm. Dr. Young pointed out the findings of a fractured radius and discussed the imaging technique. That video remains accessible on PBS replays of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. In 1985, Dr. Young left Pittsburgh to direct radiology at Akron Children’s Hospital and to be a professor and chairman of radiology at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. He left that position in 1991 to take on the challenge of developing a pediatric radiology department at the new Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. He served as * Tina Young Poussaint [email protected]