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MCC Daily Tribune

New York State Senate Honors Dr. Alice Holloway Young

On Friday, March 19, New York State Senator Samra Brouk (55th District) honored MCC Board Chair Emerita Dr. Alice Holloway Young with the Liberty Medal. This award is reserved for lifetime achievement and exceptional community acts, and it is the highest honor that can be awarded by the New York State Senate. Dr. Young’s impact on education spans more than fifty years, and in that time she has inspired countless students, educators, and community members.

“Through her work with the Rochester City School District and Monroe Community College, Dr. Young played a life-changing role in the lives of thousands of children and adults in our community,” stated Senator Brouk. “She has also been an inspiration and a role model for me. It is my honor and my privilege to be able to bestow the Senate’s highest honor, the Liberty Medal, to Dr. Young.”

“On behalf of the Monroe Community College family, I extend our congratulations to Dr. Alice Holloway Young, a trailblazing champion of community college education and an enthusiastic supporter of MCC students for the past six decades,” MCC Interim President Dr. Kate Douglas said. “Because of her extraordinary leadership and her commitment to ensuring access to education for all Rochesterians, the lives of more than half a million students at MCC have been transformed. She is a role model and inspiration to students and educators alike.”

Dr. Young started her career with the Rochester City School District (RSCD) in 1952 after moving to Rochester from the segregated south. She was among the first African American teachers in the district, and the first African American to hold the titles of Reading Specialist, Vice Principal, and Principal for RCSD. Additionally, Dr. Young wrote and supervised the Rochester City School District’s first integration programs, including the Urban-Suburban program.

As a founding trustee of MCC and its chair from 1978 to 1998, Dr. Young shaped the direction of the college. Her work with the college lives on through the Alice H. Young Teaching Internship for Ethnic Minority Graduate students, started in 1987, and the MCC Foundation's Alice Holloway Young Society for Charitable Giving.

Rosanna Yule
Government and Community Relations
03/22/2021