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Show LUCILLE G_ TAYLOR Elected 1979 to 1980 TayloL, member of the utah House of Representatives in Born in Provo to a life-long resident of utah County. Jack and Ingar Gatenby. Rep. Taylor attended public schools in She enrolled at Orem and Provo} graduating from Provo High School. BYU and continued her studies there, intermittently, earning a B.S. in History and English in 1962 and returning for a Master of Library and Information Science in 1974. Lucille G. is 1970-80, After marriage home in their established Pi town. ve 1949, home she and and his chi 1 dren in her law ten Richard husband, practice years and in a M. Taylor, Spanish Fork, his full schedul e of community and church activity required skillful management of time. Night classes, day classes, constant study made the Taylor children much very aware of thei r mother's dedication to education. Finally, after her degree, teaching certificate, and with the fifth Now the child out of diapers, she took a position as a teacher. children saw her studying still--preparing her own lessons. Her teaching blocks came, began in Provo, and the first year is haunted upset chi I dren on the day of the Kennedy just a few year she moved to Spanish Fork High, career the of memory assination. Next by the from home, and except for a few weeks when the sixth has been a member of that school faculty since. child she reinforced Rep. Taylor's her own party and married to an even more active Democrat, she had been a community organizer since early married life. As president of her local education association she knew that proper support of public schools requires Eci u c a t i o n and civil political activity. rights became primary concerns. She was president of the utah Education Assn. in 1976and led the 77, organization in endorsing Scott Matheson for She was elected Chair of the utah County Democrats in governor. Leadership in the education strong interest in politics. profession Active in 1977. A vacancy in the utah House appeared in 1979, and Governor Matheson She served from March, 1979, to Dec. appointed her to the seat. 1980. Attempts to win the seat failed in 1980 and 1982, in spite of vigorous campaigns and close votes. Since her term in the House, Rep. Taylor has continued to lead the continued active work as a Democrat in utah seen her family grow to maturity. teaching professionals, County, 180 and has |
