Background
Taylor, Paul was born on January 24, 1925 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.
Taylor, Paul was born on January 24, 1925 in Huntsville, Alabama, United States.
Student, University North Dakota, 1943. Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1949. Postgraduate, Vanderbilt University, 1951.
Process engineer, instrument engineer, Union Bag and Paper Corporation, Savannah, Georgia, 1949-1951; process engineer, instrument engineer, DuPont, Memphis and Niagara Falls, New York, 1952-1956; supervisor, assistant plant engineer, manager technical operations, Monsanto Textiles Company, Decatur, Alabama, 1956-1985; energy management engineer, Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama, 1988-1993; retired. Active Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, since 1979, board directors, since 1994. Appointed to Alabama Board Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, since 1979.
Advisor Junior Achievement. Elder, Sunday school teacher Presbyterian Church. Active Boy Scouts American.
President, chairman board directors Decatur Chamber of Commerce. President Decatur Chamber Foundation. Member Decatur Planning Commission, 1994.
With United States Air Force, 1944-1945, lieutenant colonel, United States Air Force Reserve, 1973. Fellow American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Member National Society of Professional Engineers (chapter board directors), National Council Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (southern zone vice president 1989-1990, national president 1992-1993), Mensa, Rotary.
Married Helen K. Taylor. 3 children.