Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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dharks XcCuis Caulcr, ' 76 Born April 3, 1857. Died February 3, 1922 HE University was greatly shocked and grieved last February when it learned that Charles L. Taylor, 76, friend of the University and students, had died at his home in Santa Barbara, California. Mr. Taylor was born in Philadelphia on .April 3, 1857. He was the son of John D. and Sarah Potts (Rutter) Taylor. He entered Lehigh University in 1872 and was graduated in 1876 with the degree of Engi- neer of Mines. He made a brilliant record while here in college as was evidenced by the fact that he was awarded the Wilbur Scholarship, which is given annually to the student having the highest rank, in the Sophomore Clr ss. Immediately after graduation from the University, Mr. Taylor secured work with the Cambria Iron Company, of Johnstown, Pa. Later, he assumed a position with the Bessemer Steel Company and then moved from this company to employ- ment with the following companies: The Continental Tube Works, The Hartman Steel Company, Carnegie, Phipps and Company, and the Carnegie Steel Com- pany, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., where Mr. Taylor made his home. Mr. Taylor retired from active business in 1901, and after that devoted his time and energy to philanthropic work. He was president of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission since its foundation in April, 1904, and Chairman of the Carnegie Relief Fund. Mr. Taylor was always an active alumnus of Lehigh. He was Secretary and Treasurer of the Alumni Association from 1877 to 1880; President of the Associa- tion, 1881-1882; Honorary Alumnus Trustee, 1882-1886, 1887-1895; and Trustee of the University from 1905 until his death. The honorary degree of Doctor of Engineering was conferred on Mr. Taylor by Lehigh University in 1919. .Although Lehigh University has lost a loyal and true friend in Charlie Taylor, many long days will pass before he will go out of the memory of the college authorities and the members of the student body who had the pleasure of being here when Charlie made his visits. The students will fondly recall his frequent trips to his Alma Mater. They will long remember that jovial laugh, that cheery smile and that hearty greeting which was always present, no matter where Charlie was. Charlie Taylor expressed his love for his Alma Mater in more ways than one. His greatest material gift was the donation of Taylor Gymnasium and Taylor Field. It was through his efforts, too, that Taylor Hall was erected. Andrew Carnegie, in donating the dormitory, did so with the agreement that the building would be named after his business associate and life-long friend. But beyond and above all of these material evidences, Charlie Taylor has left us an intangible something — an ideal toward which we aspire — the vision of a true Man. His death involves a loss to industrial, educational and philan- fhropic circles, for he was at once, engineer, educator and public benefactor. To Lehigh, however, he will always be remembered as just plain Charlie Taylor — Man of Lehigh.