Winn Lowell Taplin

Background

Taplin, Winn Lowell was born on October 3, 1925 in Saint Albans, Vermont, United States. Son of Winn Lowell and Elinor (Cunningham) Taplin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University Michigan, 1946. Bachelor of Arts Michigan, 1948. AM, University Michigan, 1950.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1956.

Career

Operating officer Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, Saigon, Bucharest, Geneva, Bangkok, 1955-1981. Consultant Stowe, Vermont, 1981-1994, Sarasota, Florida, since 1994. Teacher American & intelligence history University South Florida-Sarasota Campus, 2007—2009.

Achievements

• Winn Lowell Taplin has been listed as a noteworthy historian, federal agency administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member United States delegate to United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1969. President Vermont History Society, 1989-1993, trustee, 1983-1996. Member Sarasota Genealogical Society, vice president, 1999-2001, president, 2001-2003.

President Mansfield View Water Corporation, Stowe, 1989-1992. 1st lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1943-1946, 50-52, Korea. Member DAV, Central Intelligence Retirees Association, Association Former Intelligence Officers, First Day Cover Society, American Philatelic Association, Society Mayflower Descendants (Sarasota Tilley chapter, director since 2005), American Legion, University Michigan Club Sarasota (director 1994-1904, president since 2009), Sigma Chi.

Interests

• Historical research, genealogy, classical music, stamp collecting/philately.

Connections

Married Ellajean Allard, July 16, 1949. Children: Leslie Taplin Baumann, Mark Allard.

Father:

Winn Lowell Taplin

Mother:

Elinor (Cunningham) Taplin

Spouse:

Ellajean Allard

child:

Leslie Taplin Baumann Taplin

child:

Mark Allard Taplin