Personal

Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas

Date of Birth: October 17, 1945

Married: May 24, 1968

Wife: The former Dinah Louise Lynch of Barbourville

Children: James H. Taylor, II (Deceased May 20, 1991)

Address: 804 Main Street; Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769

Phone: Office (606) 549-2200; Home (606) 549-1639

Current Employment: President, Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky since August 1, 1980

Church Membership: First Baptist Church, Williamsburg, Kentucky

Memberships

Former President, American Association of Presidents of Independent Colleges & Universities

Former Chairman, Appalachian College Association

Former President, Association of Church Related Colleges and Schools

Former President, Association Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools

Member, Advisory Board, Forcht Bank

Former Member, Foundation Board of Directors, Baptist Hospitals, Incorporated

Former Member, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Former Member, Appeal Committee, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Former Chairman, Council of Kentucky Independent Colleges & Universities & Kentucky
Independent College Fund

Former Chairman, Mid-South Athletic Conference

Education

B.S. Cumberland College, with honors
M.A. Union College
Ed.D. George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University