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Albert Adams Young was born on May 10, 1836, in Hanover, New Hampshire.

He was a clergyman and scientist. He graduated from Dartmouth College (M.A., 1856) and Andover Theological Seminary in 1861. He was ordained in 1863 and entered the ministry, holding pastorates in several places in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. As a boy, he helped keep the weather records at Dartmouth College observatory, and his interest in the weather and the various problems of meteorology never waned. His retirement from the ministry gave him more leisure for studying weather, working out various graphs and averages, and testifying in court as to weather conditions. From 1888 to 1916, he served as a cooperative observer for the Weather Bureau at Winona Lake.

In 1865, he married Mary Sewall (1833-1917). They had two daughters, Elizabeth A. Young, who was the head of the Department of Geography at Winona College and Anna S. Young, the head of the Department of Astronomy and director of the observatory at Mout Holyoke College. Young died on January 7, 1916, in Winona Lake, Indiana.

The McGill branch of the Y.M.C.A. (Young Men's Christian Association) was housed in Strathcona Hall. Prominent among the membership of the Ladies' Auxiliary were the wives of McGill faculty members.

Young Canada Works (YCW) or Jeunesse Canada au travail (JCT) is a youth employment program established in 1996 and administered by the government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage. It offers a variety of summer job and internship programs to job seekers and employers. These programs help youth improve their employability while increasing the number of skilled young Canadians in the workforce. Eligible employers may benefit from wage subsidies and access to a pool of talented youth with innovative ideas and competitive skills.
The objective is also to increase participants' knowledge and appreciation of Canada's achievements and its rich cultural heritage.

William Jay Youmans was born on October 14, 1838, in Milton, New York.

He was a scientist, editor, and author. He studied chemistry at Columbia College and Yale Scientific School. He also studied natural history with Asa Fitch, and, in 1865, he took a course in medicine at New York University. Youmans continued his studies of natural history under biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) in London. On his return to the United States, Youmans settled at Winona, Minnesota, and practiced medicine for about three years. In 1872, he abandoned his medical practice to assist his brother Edward in establishing the Popular Science Monthly and became its editor and contributor. After his brother died in 1887, he became the editor-in-chief, remaining in that position until 1900. He also contributed articles on chemistry, metallurgy, and physiology for “Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia”. He edited Huxley's 1866 work “Lessons in Elementary Physiology”, to which he added seven chapters on hygiene, and it became the 1868 work “Elements of Physiology and Hygiene”. He also wrote, “Pioneers of Science in America” (1895). Youmans was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.

In 1868, he married Celia Greene (1847–1915). He died from thyroid fever on April 10, 1901, in Mount Vernon, New York.