Peter Yougners, an alum of Wayne State University and one of the founders of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), died in Seattle at the age of 69. Nearly 40 years ago, while on vacation in Michigan , Youngers witnessed a horrific traffic accident that ended the lives of three young children and transformed his own. \"It happened because of a drunk driver,\" he recalled in 2003. \"A few weeks later, I went to court. The man left the courtroom with his license in hand and six months probation. I vowed that day to spend the rest of my life avenging the deaths of those children.\" Youngers earned a master\'s degree in early childhood education from Wayne State .