EDUCATION: U.S. Military Academy (BS)
Metropolitan Community College, Missouri
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1955-1959: Chief of Staff of the Army
1962-1964: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1964-1965: Ambassador to South Vietnam
1968-1970: Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
PORTRAIT:
DOD Photo
RESOURCES:
6/28/1961: President John F. Kennedy (right) meets with General Maxwell D. Taylor (left) in the Oval Office of the White House (Abbie Rowe/ JFK Presidential Library and Museum)
10/1/1962: President John F. Kennedy (center left) and others observe as General Maxwell D. Taylor (with right hand raised and left hand on Bible) is sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in the Rose Garden of the White House. Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy (center right, holding Bible), administers the oath of office. Looking on from the steps of the West Wing Colonnade (left to right): outgoing Chairman of the JCS, General Lyman L. Lemnitzer; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Curtis E. LeMay; Lydia Taylor; Admiral Arthur W. Radford (very back, partially hidden); Secretary of the Navy, Fred Korth; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Lt. General John C. Munn (in back); General Nathan F. Twining (in back, partially hidden); Secretary of the Air Force, Eugene M. Zuckert (face obscured); Deputy Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric; Mary Happer, sister-in-law of General Taylor; Katherine Lemnitzer. (Cecil Stoughton/ JFK. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)
