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Taylor was civically engaged and his leadership was regularly sought. He was a recipient of several service awards and four honorary degrees. IUPUI has honored Taylor by attaching his name to an annual symposium and a scholarship. In May 2008, an original IUPUI building housing
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At 79 Taylor is sharp and optimistic…Bringing two universities together in crowded
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In 1967, Joseph T. Taylor heritage society noted, "His devotion to the creation of an educational environment to meet the needs of widely diverse populations in central
Indiana helped shape what is now considered a model in urban higher education-IUPUI. His is truly an important legacy…Through this
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Trustees searched for a man that would carry on the campus's two main principles. Stahr included these principles in Taylor's assignment as the new dean. "…to strive to provide higher educational opportunity for students of Marion and surrounding counties who might not otherwise have the
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until 1957. Throughout his career and appointments to various committees, Taylor was studying to receive his PhD from
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resources to pursue study in any college or university and, secondly, to continue both the spirit and the fact of cooperation with the private colleges and universities of the region, as well as with our sister state institutions."
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society we pay tribute to Joseph T. Taylor and recognize the many IU School of
Liberal Arts benefactors who share his high ideals and embrace his pursuit of excellence in the study and understanding of our human condition."
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