Dr. Joha Taylor
.Civil rights activist
Rev. Taylor
To Receive
Dr. John Randolph
Taylor, moderator of the
195th General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church,
USA, will be honored with a
Doctorate of Human Let
ters degree from Johnson
C. Smith University in ce- .
lebration of the school’s
Founder’s Day and its
117th anniversary.
The granting of the de
gree will coincide with the
inauguration ceremonies of
JCSU’s nth president,
Dr. Robert L. Albright, at 2
p m. Sunday. Anri] B. at the
University Church on
campus.
“The university comi'
munity is pleated to honor
a person whoae life is de
voted to the concern of
others, his deep commit
ment to humanity, out
standing service in the field
of civil rights and his
exemplary performance,”
remarked Johnson C. Smith
University President
Robert L. Albright. “Our
institution is honored to
bring into the university
family ana of the nation’s
most distinguished citi
zens.”
Dr. Taylor is pastor of
Myers Park Presbyterian
Church in Charlotte, N.C.
Last summer, he served as
chairman of the Reunion
Committee of the Presby
terian Church, USA, that
wuihtal wltli lepiesenta
tives of the United Pres
byterian Church, USA, in
bringing together the two
bodies that were geogra
phically split over 100
years ago. Dr. Taylor was
elected Moderator of the
196th General Assembly of
the combined Presbyterian
unurcn, usa.
Reverend Taylor re
ceived hi* B.A. degree at
Davidson College (where
he was student body pre
sident), a BJ>. degree
from Union Theological
Seminary (where be also
served as student body
president) and a Ph D,
from the University of
Aberdeen (Scotland),
He U active in Char
lotte as chairman of the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Community Relations
Committee; commissioner
of the Housing Authority;
former chairman of the
Charlotte Area Clergy As
sociation; and member of
the Social Planning Coun
cil; Board of Presby
terian Family Life Center;
Board of Family Support
Center; Board of the Cbar
lotte-Mecklenburg' Urban
League and Planning Com
mittee of the Mecklenburg
Presbytery.
Dr. Taylor has long
been active in civil rights
in Washington, DC, and
Atlanta before coming to
Charlotte. He continues to
serve on the North Caro
lina Advisory Committee to
the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights. Other state
activities Include being a
member of the Advisory
Council of the Governor’s
Office of Citizen Affairs
and on the executive board
of the North Carolina
Council of Churches and
the Commission on Chris
tian Unity.
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