Richard graduated from Vincennes
University with an Associate Degree in Behavioral Science. He
was elected Senate Minority Leader in 1996 and works as a farmer. His
favorite hobby is fishing.
Senator Young has served as a member of
the Board of Directors for: Hoosier Falls Private Industry Council,
Hoosier Uplands Area Agency for the Aging, Area 15 Regional Planning
Commission, Crawford County Cattlemen Association, Harrison Crawford Pork
Producers, and Southern Hills Community Mental Health Council.
Richard has also served as Past
President of the Crawford County 4-H Council, and the Chairman and Past
President of the Board of E & S Distributors Co. Inc. He was
also a Past Member of the Advisory Board, for Southwest Region, Governor's
Commission for a Drug Free Indiana.
The Senator, from Milltown is also a
member of the Indiana Farm Bureau, the Crawford County Chamber of
Commerce, and the Ramsey Lions Council. He is also Chairman, of the
Crawford County FFA Advisory Committee, and a member of the Hoosier Hills
P.A.C.T. Community Corrections Council and Violent Crimes Victim Task
Force.
