Harold Allan Young Jr.

Harold Allan Young Jr, loving brother, uncle, cousin, friend, and global financial executive died on September 9, 2023 after a brief illness.

Born September 29, 1951, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harold was the first-born of Rev. Harold Allan Young and Margaret Davis Young. He spent his early childhood years in Evanston, Illinois moving to New York City in 1962 when his father joined the ministry at the historic St Philips Episcopal Church in Harlem. Harold was raised "in the church" where he was an acolyte and choir member. Always a superlative student, Harold attended public schools including the acclaimed Bronx High School of Science where he graduated in 1969. At an early age, he developed a love of music, especially jazz, playing clarinet in his school and borough-wide student bands. Harold received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Union College in Schenectady NY in 1973 where he was a member of Union's Lacrosse team. Lacrosse was a lifelong love. Harold spent his high school and college summers working at Camp DeWolfe in Long Island New York, a summer camp sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese.

Upon graduating from Union College, Harold moved to Boston to pursue a master's in communications from Boston University. Harold saw the contentious struggle for desegregating Boston schools which prompted him to leave his studies and to work for a community organization dedicated to gaining an equitable education for all Bostonians. Harold then returned to New York City to embark upon an extraordinarily successful career as a global thought leader in cash management services. His career culminated with his appointment as Managing Director and Global Head of High Value Payments for Deutsche Bank's Global Cash Management unit where he oversaw the banks offerings and successfully integrated these services with other products targeted to financial institutions and corporate clients. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2003, Harold had over twenty years of product management experience as Global Head of Liquidity Management at Citibank and, prior to that, 10 years at Bankers Trust Company. Harold retired from banking and consulting in 2019. Throughout decades of global travel, Harold remained a diehard New York city dweller until 2002, when he moved to New Rochelle, New York. For years while living in the New York area, he dedicated time and resources providing food and meals to those less fortunate. Harold had a very generous heart.

Harold was not only an avid jazz fan, but a music fan in general, loving James Brown and Jimi Hendrix, to name a few. He was also a rabid sports fan, loving the Dallas Cowboys, New York Knicks, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, and Manchester United. He was an avid cyclist, basketball and tennis player, and enjoyed fishing.

Harold is survived by two siblings: Edgar Young and wife LoriBeth of Waterbury, Connecticut and Margaret Young-Hurst and husband Peter Hurst of Palmetto, Florida. Harold was predeceased by his brother, Harvey Young and nephew Brian Young of St Louis Missouri. Harold is also survived by his niece and goddaughter, Pearl Elisabeth Young of Malden, Massachusetts, nephew Jason Young and wife, Kelley of Mundelein, Illinois; great nephews and nieces include Natalie Young of Memphis, Tennessee, Charlotte and Logan Young of Mundelein, Illinois and Dominic Young and mother Kristen Toumey of St Louis, MO. Harold is also survived by a host of loving cousins and friends.

A celebration of life will be held on November 8, 2023 11:00am-4:00pm (Memorial Service 11am-12pm) at the Glen Island Harbour Club, Glen Island Park, Weyman Avenue, New Rochelle, NY.

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