Douglas Taylor
Chaz and I roomed together for a period during our four-year cadetship at West Point and were company-mates the entire time. He was an incredibly smart guy who always helped those of us who needed assistance, especially in the hard sciences. He was also a dedicated and talented athlete, spending much of his free time honing his fencing skills. As often happens, Chaz and I lost contact after graduation and it was not until we worked together on his entry to our 50-Year Reunion Legacy Book that I learned the breadth and depth of his lifetime of service, both as a world-renowned professor and as a Colonel in the Special Forces. In 2018, he told me in an email "at the moment I am having the best time of my life mentoring and teaching really smart PhD students from all over the world. My current crop is from Iran, China, Korea, Brazil, Ghana, Russia, Thailand, and the U.S. I also occasionally teach a really talented group of undergrads, work at a university with about the top athletic program in the U.S.. and which will soon be a top five public university. It is an exciting place and I look forward to every day spending time here." WOW. Chaz was proud of his accomplishments in academia, extremely proud of his military service, and a proud husband and father. I am humbled and proud to have called such a man my friend.
Douglas E. "Red" Taylor
West Point Class of 1969
