James Harris Taylor ’38

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Jim died Jan. 1, 2008, in Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J., after a short illness. Jim grew up in Maplewood, N.J., where he attended Columbia High School. At Princeton he majored in economics and was chairman of the house committee of Arbor Inn. For most of his career Jim worked for National Biscuit Co. in a variety of sales and managerial positions until his retirement in 1982, when he moved from Short Hills, N.J., to Summit. He also maintained a home in East Hampton, N.Y., where he and his family spent their summers and where he was a member of the Devon Yacht Club. Jim was predeceased by his wife, Beverly. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Jeffrey and Linda Taylor; two grandsons, Jonathan and Christopher; and a great-grandson, Harris; to all of whom the class extends sincere condolences. 

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