Personal Information

• Full-time Legislator, Retired Media Consultant
• Residing in Aiken County
• Born July 16, 1946 in Aurora, Illinois
• Son of the late Harold and the late Pearl Taylor
• November 2, 1970 married Donna J., 2 children, Kasey Taylor Lenz and William Ryan Taylor
• Attended Bradley University; Journalism
• S.C. State University; Honorary Doctorate, of Humane Letters, 2024
• House Ways & Means Committee, 2023-Present
• Chairman, Higher Education Sub-Committee (House Education & Public Works Committee), 2015-2020
• 1st Vice Chairman, House Education and Public Works Committee, 2013-14
• Member, House Legislative Oversight Committee, 2015-2020
• Majority Caucus Whip, 2013-16
• Television News Director/Anchor/Reporter, 1965-76
• President, Illinois News Broadcasters Association, 1974
• Television News Consultant, 1976-2007
• Co-founder and CEO of media research and consulting firms based in Dallas, Los Angeles, and London, 1978-07
• Consultant to President George H.W. Bush's "Points of Light" initiative, 1991-92
• Named "Fifth Estater", Broadcast and Cable Magazine, 1998
• Founder and Commander, Civil Air Patrol Squadron, Rockford, Illinois, 1968-70
• American Red Cross, Aiken County Chapter; Board Member, 2007-2016, Chairman, 2009-10
• Aiken Salvation Army, Advisory Board Member, 2013-Present
• Aiken Symphony Orchestra, Board Member, 2016-present
• 32 Degree Mason and Shriner
• Rotary Club of Aiken, 2009-2020
• Member, Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken
• South Carolina Chamber of Commerce 'Business Advocate Award': 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
• SC-BIPEC 'Champion of Free Enterprise': 2012
• Palmetto Family Alliance 'A' Rating: 2012 & 2017
• NRA 'A' Rating: 2012, 2014, 2016
• NRA 'A+' Rating 2018, 2020, 2022
• Convention of States "Abraham Lincoln Leadership Award": 2018
• ABATE's Community Leader Award: 2019