Donald S. Taylor served as a judge of the New York Supreme Court and Appellate Division for 20 years, and came from a family with a long history of public service to New York State.
Background
Taylor was born on June 17, 1898, in Troy, New York, and attended Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (Class of 1919), where he was a member of Theta Chi, and Albany Law School of Union University, Schenectady, New York, (Class of 1922).
Education
Colgate University; Albany Law School.
Career
Taylor began practicing law with his father, John P. Taylor, a former District Attorney of Rensselaer County. Taylor was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1948. On March 1, 1961, Government.
Nelson Rockefeller appointed Taylor to the, and he was reelected in 1962 and served until retirement in 1968.