Background
Taylor, Emery Folger was born on June 27, 1910 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Emery and Gladys Estelle (Carr) Taylor.
Taylor, Emery Folger was born on June 27, 1910 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Emery and Gladys Estelle (Carr) Taylor.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Chemistry, Harvard University, 1932, Master of Science in Physical Chemistry, 1938.
Research chemist B.B. Chemical Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1933-1936. Teaching fellow in chemistry Harvard University, Cambridge, 1936-1941. Research chemist East.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Waynesboro, Virginia, 1941, technical supervisor, 1947-1949, supervisor process control, 1950-1951, area supervisor acid recovery, 1951-1953, textile, 1953-1955, orlon polymer, 1955-1957, environmental supervisor, 1959-1975.
Statewide advisory committee Virginia Water Resources Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1966-1975.
Technical advisory committee State Air Pollution Control Board, 1967-1975. Director Shenandoah Valley Council, Navy League United States, since 1982.
Director, associate director Headwaters Soil and Water Conservation District, since 1972. Chairman State Water Plan Advisory Committee, since 1983.
Member State Air Pollution Control Board, 1976-1982, chairman, 1979-1982.
Elder, First Presbyterian Church, since 1983.
Served with United States Army, 1941-1943, 43-46, United States Army Reserve to lieutenant colonel, 1957-1961. Member Virginia Water Pollution Control Association (president 1966-1967), American Chemical Society, Air Pollution Control Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Chi Sigma.
Married Isabel Hamilton Elliott, February 27, 1943 (deceased 1981). Children– Emery Folger.