Taylor Howard Cox

Background

Cox, Taylor Howard was born on February 28, 1926 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of Wade and Matilda Cox.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1953. Master of Business Administration (graduate assistant 1954), Indiana University, 1954.

Career

; children: Taylor Howard, Nancy Cox Willis, Patricia Cox Connor. Married second, Edith Burroughs, December 27, 1964. Children: Annette SealsAustin, Lamont Seals.

General manager Home Federal Savings & Loan Association, Detroit, 1954-1959.

Executive assistant Detroit Coca-Cola Bottling Company, 1959-1963. Director.mgmt. division Motown Records, Detroit, 1964-1972.

Vice president Invictus Records, Detroit, 1972-1974. With Michigan Bell Telephone Сompany, Detroit, 1974, urban affairs officer, 1975-1978, general staff supervisor revenue forecasting, 1978-1980, district manager antitrust, 1980.

Consultant Inner City Business Improvement Forum, Detroit, 1976-1978.

Board directors Detroit Urban Alliance, 1976-1978. Project director Clean Detroit committee New Detroit Incorporated., 1977. Member crime committee Detroit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1976-1978.

Member metropolitan area planning committee United Community Services Detroit, 1976-1978, member youth division, 1977-1978.

Director Minority/Women Business Enterprise, 1985-1989. Deputy director Minority Economics Development-New Detroit, 1990.

Achievements

• Taylor Howard Cox has been listed as a noteworthy telephone company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Detroit Urban Alliance, 1976-1978. Project director Clean Detroit committee New Detroit Inc., 1977. Member crime committee Detroit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1976-1978.

Member metropolitan area planning committee United Community Services Detroit, 1976-1978, member youth division, 1977-1978. Director Minority/Women Business Enterprise, 1985-1989. Deputy director Minority Economic Development-New Detroit, 1990.

With Army of the United States, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Detroit Urban League, American Bridge Association.

Connections

Married Betty Leftridge, June 20, 1947 (deceased 1963). Children: Taylor Howard, Nancy Cox Willis, Patricia Cox Connor. Married Edith Burroughs, December 27, 1964.

Children: Annette Seals Austin, Lamont Seals.

Father:

Wade Cox

Mother:

Matilda Cox

Spouse:

Edith Burroughs

Spouse:

Betty Leftridge

child:

Lamont Seals Cox

child:

Annette Seals Austin Cox

child:

Taylor Howard Cox

child:

Patricia Cox Connor Cox

child:

Nancy Cox Willis Cox