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E. Hugh Taylor

San Francisco, California

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E. Hugh Taylor

(August 25, 1920-November 27, 2014)

In our lives, if we are lucky, we occasionally meet an exceptional person. Sometimes, if we are even luckier, that person becomes our friend. If we are luckier still, that person is a member of our family. Hugh was an exceptional person, a...

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I didn't know Mr. Taylor, but I just read his obituary and I think it is beautiful. I especially admire the introduction about how extraordinary he was and how lucky you were to have him as your family member. God bless Mr. Taylor and his family. I was very moved.

I am sending my sympathies on the passing of Mr. Taylor. I had the privilege to talk to Mr. Taylor when we wanted to use his generous donation to build a rural health clinic in his old stomping ground. I asked him if we could name the clinic after him. He said "Oh you don't need to do that, call it anything you want!" We decided to name the clinic the Elmer Hugh Taylor Clinic. Because of his generosity the communities in his rural small town have access to a modern health care facility....

To the Family of E. Hugh Taylor:

Please accept my sincere condolences. I direct the US Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School Archival Project at the Archives, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/archives/collections/jlsp/index.htm.

E. Hugh Taylor and his classmates transferred with the USN Japanese Language School from the University of California in June 1942 to the University of Colorado, in response to EO 9066. He graduated from the...

On behalf of Hugh's law firm colleagues at Pillsbury, I extend our condolences to the Taylor family and join in this celebration of a life well lived. I worked with Hugh at the outset of my career and cherish my memories of a wise and witty mentor. Thanks as well for the beautiful memorial--we knew of Hugh's musical and educational philosophy interests but, as you might expect of such a modest man, we heard nothing of his military and school district service. Best wishes.