Robert Bob Young

Bob is an author and historian, whose principal work is historical novels. The Treasure Train, a take on the missing Confederate gold, was a finalist for the Frank Yerby Award at the Augusta Literary Festival. The Hand of the Wicked, the true story of the murder of a freed-woman in rural Georgia following the Civil War, was nominated for Georgia Author of the Year in crime/mystery category. Bob is also an Emmy-nominated documentary producer and has appeared in several theatrical and television productions, including The Blind Side, Flight and Swamp Murders. He most recently served as historian for an episode of The Curse of Civil War Gold on History Channel. A former mayor of the City of Augusta and senior executive in the administration of President George W. Bush, Bob is the owner and president of Eagle Veterans Services LLC, an industrial supply brokerage. He is a founding board member of the Conservation Leadership Council and a founding board member of the Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics, Augusta's first charter school. He chairs the City of Augusta's Urban Redevelopment Agency. As a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, Bob created the Preserve America Communities Program for The White House and was recognized with the national leadership award in preservation from the History Channel. While serving as mayor, Bob was a member of the Advisory Board for the U. S. Conference of Mayors and was co-chairman of the Mayors' Water Council. His public service followed twenty-six years as an award-winning broadcast journalist. Bob attended Wofford College and Augusta University. He is an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Bob and his wife Gwen, a retired real estate broker, live in Augusta's historic Summerville district.