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The Library’s Benefactor

Danbury businessman Robert S. Young was an early supporter of the Ancell School of Business. He wanted the school to go beyond classes and become a forum for the discussion of business ethics, business morality and corporate social responsibility. A year after his death in 1980, his family donated funds that made the library that bears his name a reality.

Young was President of Fairfield Processing, the country’s largest producer of polyester fiber used for filling pillows, quilts and toys. The process for making the fiber, called Poly-Fil, was invented by Young’s father but it was Robert who guided the company’s phenomenal growth, turning Fairfield Processing into the country’s largest producer of the fiber. With Robert Young’s untimely death in 1980, his brother, Roy, took over the company. The family then looked for a way to honor Robert’s memory.

The library was a logical choice. At the time of his death, Robert was a member of the Corporate College Council, a group of area businesses that advises college officials on areas of need in the business community that could be served by curriculum changes at the college.