Scholarship

Roger L. Young

Tennessee Society of Mayflower Descendants
Scholarship Program

Roger Leon Young is a member of Vine Street Christian Church, where he has served as an Elder, Church Treasurer, Deacon, and on several committees, including celebrating the church's 200th anniversary.

Mr. Young is a member of the Andrew Jackson Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution and served as chapter president in 1997-98. He is a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants and served as the State Historian (1993-99), the Deputy Governor of the Tennessee Society (1996-99) and Governor of the Tennessee Society (1999-2002). He also served as Secretary General of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in the United States and Canada (2002-2005). He was a charter member of the Edward Doty Chapter of the Florida Mayflower Society. 

He is a member of the Jamestowne Society, The Somerset Chapter of Magna Charta Barons and served as Regent of the Middle Tennessee Chapter (2000-2002) and as Treasurer of the Tennessee Division (1997-2003), The Association of the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter and Friends of St. George’s, The Society of American’s of Royal Descent, The Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America, The English Speaking Union, and the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (KTJ). He served as President of the Rokeby Homeowners Association (2003-2007). He is a member of the Tennessee Museum Foundation and the Frist Art Museum.

Mr. Young graduated from Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Social Work. He attended the University of Tennessee College of Law, Vanderbilt University, and the University of London, Kings College. He retired for employment with the State of Tennessee after serving the people and the state for over 30 years as an Administrative Social Worker and Contract Specialist. He was instrumental in establishing the state’s Title XX contract services program which received national recognition as a model program.

Mr. Young has traveled extensively throughout the world. He served on a medical mission trip to Haiti and frequently traveled to Great Britain. He was a guest at the Royal Enclosure at Ascot and was personally acquainted the members of the Royal Family, the Churchill family, and members of the peerage., He was a guest at the wedding of HRH Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, England in 1999. 

He was married to Suzanne Nemeth who died in 2006.