| GGranddaughter of Robert Taylor (Dan II) Dr. Anita
Taylor Mosley joins the faculty as an assistant professor in the
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
 Dr.
Anita Taylor Mosley earned a BS in Chemistry from Alabama State
University in 1991 and a PhD in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy from
Purdue University in 1998. She then joined the faculty of Campbell
University School of Pharmacy where she taught several courses in the BS
and MS degree programs. In 2000, she received the Dean’s Award for
Teaching Excellence. Her research interests include drug solubilization,
nanoparticle technology and dosage form design.
Dr. Mosley is a member of the American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists and the American Association of Colleges of
Pharmacy. She has represented the university as the delegate to the USP
Convention. She has also served as faculty advisor for several student
organizations including Student National Pharmaceutical Association,
Kappa Epsilon, and the International Society of Pharmaceutical
Engineering. She was also appointed chair of the university’s
Multi-Cultural Council and worked in an advisory capacity for
Pre-Pharmacy, BSPS and MSPS students.
The Son of Herbert Taylor (Dan II)
Moddie Daniel Taylor was born in Nymph, Alabama on March 3, 1912. He
received a Bachelor of Science from Lincoln University, Missouri in 1935
and a Master of Science in 1938 from the University of Chicago. Taylor
earned a Doctorate of Science from the University of Chicago in 1943,
where he worked on the University of Chicago's Manhattan Project during
World War II. The University of Chicago's task was to demonstrate that a
fissionable material could achieve critical mass, thus proving that
nuclear fission could be used as an energy source (or a weapon -- the
atomic bomb).
Dr.
Taylor was appointed Professor of Chemistry at Howard University from
1959 to 1969, later serving as Chairman of the Chemistry Department at
Howard University from 1969 to 1976.
Dissertation
Title:
Acid-Base Studies in Gaseous Systems; The Dissociation of the Addition
Compounds of Trimethylboron with Aliphatic Amines.
Memberships:
- Certificate of
Merit (1945)
from the Secretary of
War for his work on the Mahattan Project (1943-1945)
- Annual
Manufacturing Chemists' Award
- Manufacturing
Chemists' Association, Inc. Award
as one of the six best
Chemistry Teachers in the United States. (1960)
- Ford Foundation
Fellow (1953)
- American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Fellow, American
Institute of Chemists
- American
Chemical Society
- Washington
Academy fpr the Advancement of Science
- New York Academy
of Sciences
- Beta Kappa Chi
- Sigma Xi
- National
Institute of Science
Selected
Publications
First Principles of
Chemistry.
(New York, NY: Van Nostrand), 1960.
Moddie D. Taylor and
Tin-tung Cheung. The Infrared Spectra and Symmetry of Fluorocarbons
Absorbed on Lanthanon Halides -- The Fluorine Bond. Journal of
Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 3449 (1973).
M.D. Taylor and R.
Panayappan. Modes of Decomposition of Rare Earth Metal Formates and
Benzoates, Enthalpies of Transition, and Activiation Energies of
Decomposition. Journal of Thermal Analysis 7 (2)
385-96 (1975).
Taylor, Moddie D.;
Panayappan, Ramanathan. Modes of decomposition of rare earth metal
benzoates, enthalpies of transition, and activation energies of
decomposition.
Kevane, Clement J. (Ed), Moeller, Therald (Ed). Proc. Rare Earth Res.
Conf., 10th. (Kevane, Clement J. (Springfield, Va: NTIS) 1973 2:
902-.
The son of Herbert L. Taylor and
Celeste (Oliver) Taylor. His father worked as a postal clerk in St.
Louis, Missouri, and it was there that Taylor went to school,
graduating from the Charles H. Sumner High School in 1931. He then
attended
Lincoln
University in Jefferson City, Missouri,
and graduated with a B.S. in chemistry in 1935 as valedictorian and as
a summa cum laude student. He began his teaching career in 1935,
working as an instructor until 1939 and then as an assistant professor
from 1939 to 1941 at Lincoln University, while also enrolled in the
University
of
Chicago's graduate program in
chemistry. He received his M.S. in 1939 and his Ph.D. in 1943. Taylor
married Vivian Ellis on September 8, 1937, and they had one son,
Herbert Moddie Taylor.
It was during 1945 that Taylor
began his two years as an associate chemist for the top-secret
Manhattan Project based at the University of Chicago. Taylor's
research interest was in rare earth metals (elements which are the
products of oxidized metals and which have special properties and
several important industrial uses); his chemical contributions to the
nation's atomic energy research earned him a Certificate of Merit from
the Secretary of War. After the war, he returned to Lincoln University
until 1948 when he joined Howard University as an associate professor
of chemistry, becoming a full professor in 1959 and head of the
chemistry department in 1969.
In 1960, Taylor's
First Principles of Chemistry was
published; also in that year he was selected by the Manufacturing
Chemists Association as one of the nation's six top college chemistry
teachers. In 1972, Taylor was also awarded an Honor Scroll from the
Washington Institute of Chemists for his contributions to research and
teaching. Taylor was a member of the American Chemical Society, the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National
Institute of Science, the American Society for Testing Materials, the
New York Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, and Beta Kappa Chi, and was a
fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and the Washington
Academy for the Advancement of Science. Taylor retired as a professor
emeritus of chemistry from Howard University on April 1, 1976, and
died of cancer in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 1976.
GGrandson of Tom Taylor (Dan II)
Lieutenant General Lloyd James Austin III (Born
August
8, 1953
in
Thomasville, Georgia) currently serves as the Commanding General of
XVIII Airborne Corps,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Biography
Austin was commissioned as a
2nd Lieutenant in the infantry in June
1975 after
graduation from
West Point. His
tours of Army service include assignments throughout the
United States and
Germany.
His education includes a Bachelor of Science Degree from the
U.S. Military Academy, a
Master's Degree in Education from
Auburn University, and a Master's Degree in Business Management from
Webster University. He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic
and Advanced courses, the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the
U.S. Army War College.
His initial assignment was to the
3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) in
Germany
where he served as a Rifle Platoon Leader in A
Company, 1st
Battalion,
7th Infantry and Scout Platoon Leader in the Combat Support Company,
1st Battalion, 7th Infantry. Following this assignment and attendance at
the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, he was assigned to the
82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he
commanded the Combat Support Company, 2nd Battalion (Airborne),
508th Infantry and served as the
Assistant S-3 (Operations) for 1st
Brigade,
82nd Airborne Division.
In
1981 he was
assigned to
Indianapolis, Indiana where he served as the Operations Officer for
the U.S. Army Indianapolis District Recruiting Command and later
commanded a company in the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion. Upon
completing this assignment, he attended
Auburn University where he completed studies for a Master's Degree
in Education. He was then assigned to the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point, New York, where he served as a Company Tactical Officer.
After his selection and subsequent completion of the U.S. Army Command
and General Staff College,
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he was assigned to the
10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry),
Fort
Drum, New York, where he served as the S-3 (Operations) and later
Executive Officer for the
2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry. He subsequently served as Executive
Officer for 1st Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) and
later as Director of Plans, Training, Mobilization and Security for Fort
Drum, New York.
In
1993,
General Austin returned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina where he commanded the
2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He later served as
the
G-3 for the 82nd Airborne Division. Following graduation from the
U.S. Army War College at
Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, he commanded the 3rd Brigade, 82nd
Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Shortly after Brigade
command, he was assigned to the
Pentagon in
Washington, D.C. where he served as Chief, Joint Operations
Division, J-3, on the Joint Staff. His next assignment was as Assistant
Division Commander for Maneuver, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized),
Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Austin served from September 2003 until August 2005 as
the Commanding General of the
U.S. 10th Mountain Division (Light
Infantry), stationed at
Fort Drum, New York, with duty as Commander, Combined Joint Task
Force-180,
Operation Enduring Freedom,
Afghanistan. His next position was Chief of Staff of the
United States Central Command at
MacDill AFB, in
Tampa, Florida from September 2005 until October 2006.
On December 8, 2006, Austin was promoted to
Lieutenant General, and assumed command of the
XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
In February 2008 he will become the second highest
ranking commander in
Iraq,
replacing
Lieutenant General
Raymond T. Odierno, who is due to leave when the 3rd Corps finishes
its command. Lieutenant General Odierno will then likely be promoted and
assigned as Army Vice-Chief of Staff.
Awards
and Decorations
Lieutenant General Austin's awards and decorations
include the
Silver Star, the
Defense Superior Service Medal, the
Legion of Merit (with
Oak Leaf Cluster), the
Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the
Meritorious Service Medal (with Four Oak Leaf Clusters), the
Joint Service Commendation Medal, the
Army Commendation Medal (with Five Oak Leaf Clusters),
Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster),
Expert Infantryman Badge,
Master Parachutist Badge and the
Ranger Tab.
Grandson of Maggie Taylor Richardson (Dan II)
BIO
Council Member, District 1
City Council Vice President
Public Safety Committee Chairperson
Rules/Press Releases Committee
Insurance Committee
Fredrick D. Richardson, Jr. was born on September 4,
1939, in an obscure remote village called Nymph, in rural Conecuh
County, Alabama, near Evergreen. He was 5th of 12 children born to his
proud parents, Fredrick (Fred) and Helen Richardson. His father died
when he was sixteen. He completed grade and high school in Conecuh
County.
After completing high school in 1958, Richardson moved
to Mobile, Alabama where his first job was that of a housekeeper at
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. Later, he passed the postal examination
and was subsequently hired on May 16, 1961, at the Mobile Post Office as
a substitute letter carrier. He moved up the ranks and retired in 1992
as Manager of Station and Branch operations, serving both the Loop and
Bel Air Post Offices.
Having to work during the day, Richardson managed to
further his education at night. He attended Carver State Vocational
College, Bishop State Community College and the University of South
Alabama, where he earned a B.A. Degree (1974) in Political Science and
History. He did further study at the University of South Alabama towards
a Masters Degree in history. He was also very active in the Neighborhood
Organized Workers (NOW), a movement against injustice and exclusion of
the 60's and 70's, in Mobile Alabama.
While working and attending school, Richardson found
time to do research and write. His first book, THE GENESIS AND EXODUS OF
NOW, was published in 1978. It documented social and political change in
Mobile from 1965 to 1975, as a direct result of NOW. A second edition to
that book was released in February of 1996.
His research on the Stone Street Baptist Church has
been published in Hard-back, entitled: THE STONE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH,
ALABAMA'S FIRST 1806-1982. That research led to the church being placed
on the Alabama Historical Register and the National Register of
Historical Places by the U.S. Department of Interior, as a national
historical site. He has recently written a play that is now on national
tour entitled, THE BIRTH OF A CHURCH, which dramatized the early
beginning of Stone Street Baptist. The church organized in 1806. The
world premier of this play took place before 2000 delegates attending
the National Baptist Winter Conference in Nashville, Tennessee on
December 3, 1996. He has completed other books: TITHING, WHAT DOES GOD
REQUIRE, which was published in 2001 and IMPRINTS, TRACING TODAY’S
BEHAVIOR TO PAST EVENTS, both are available at Amazon.com.
Richardson is a member of the Stone Street Baptist
Church where he serves as historian; on the Board of Deacons; as
associate general superintendent of the Sunday school and as a Sunday
school teacher. He was a member and past board chairman of the History
Museum of Mobile; a past member of the Board of Zoning Adjustments; a
member of the Executive Board of Mobile Tricentennial Inc.; The Gulf
Coast Emporium Museum of Science Board and named Who is Who Among
African Americans; he is National Coordinator for National Coalition of
Justice and Equality, a group that monitors criminal justice issues; He
graduated from the 2003 class of prestigious Leadership Alabama, an
organization that selects key leaders from around the state to examine
pennant issues. Richardson is the recipient of Stratmore's distinguished
2007-2008 Who's Who Award, which honors limited individuals who have
demonstrated leadership and achievement in their occupation, industry,
or profession. He is a member of many other social and civic
organizations.
As a political scientist, historian, writer,
playwright, author and lecturer, Richardson was appointed to the Mobile
City council in February of 1997, to fill the vacant District 1 Council
seat left by Council Member Vivian Davis Figures who, after the death of
her husband, ran and won his seat in the Alabama Senate. In August of
1997 Richardson ran on his own for a full four year term. Three others
entered the race also. Richardson won the election by a whopping 70%
landslide. He won again in August of 2001 by 73%. In August of 2005
Richardson was in Rome, Italy on a trade mission because he had no
opposition to his seat on the council.
On the Council, Richardson is chairman of the Public
Safety Committee. He played an active role in reshaping the approach to
criminal justice issues including implementing community policing,
establishing entire neighborhoods a drug free zone, and establishing
advisory groups that function at the precinct level. Richardson has
focused on removing conditions that breed crime such as litter, junk,
abandoned houses, weeds, and blight in general. Affordable housing,
family oriented community centers, storm water retention, recreation for
youths, jobs, education, economic development, training and all issues
pertaining to illegal drugs are apart of Richardson's focus. His Beat by
Beat, Street by Street and House by House model of representing the
people has become standard in all council districts.
Richardson joined Mayor Michael C. Dow in leading a
trade delegation to the People's Republic of China in 1998. He, Mayor
Dow and Councilman Clinton L. Johnson attended the International Air
Show in Paris, France. They also visited Cherbourg, France where the
Confederate Battleship, CSS ALABAMA was sunk by USS (United States Ship)
Kearsarge on June 19, 1864. Richardson and Johnson attended the World
Conference of Mayors in 1997. This Conference was held in ABUJA, Nigeria
(West Africa). In November of 1999 Richardson and Johnson led another
trade delegation to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo and Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. In 2005 he and Council Member Connie Hudson led a
goodwill tour through Eastern Europe as well a trade mission through
Italy as well as Paris.
His Pre-emptive Drug Free Zone Crime Fighting
Initiative for Trinity Gardens Community is now the model for Community
Policing throughout the City of Mobile. It received national attention
when the National Crime Prevention Council voted his crime fighting
model semi-finalists among several thousand nominations. On December 2,
2002 Richardson honored
100 District 1 Neighborhood Block Captains, in a reception held at
the newly constructed Toulminville Library, for becoming a network of
District 1 anticrime fighting community leaders.. He is the proud father
of three children, Lawanda, Lisa and Fredrick III. He has two
grandchildren, Crystal Womack and Maya Lawson.
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