In memoriam: Mary L. Branson Taylor, 1932-2019 MARY L. BRANSON TAYLOR, who served Portland State as a professor of biology for nearly four decades, died February 11. She was 86 years old and had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for many years. Professor Taylor was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on November 24, 1932. She majored in bacteriology and minored in chemistry and zoology at the University of Idaho, from which she received a bachelor’s degree in 1954. In 1959 she received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in bacteriology, with minors in organic chemistry and biochemistry. Following graduation from the University of Illinois, Professor Taylor was a postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Public Health Service, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She joined Portland State in 1962. She was a member of the American Society for Microbiology and contributed to scientific works in Nature, Acta, and Bacteriological Proceedings. Professor Taylor was an active member of her community, assisting science teachers at local high schools, and participating in local hiking groups, the Campfire Girls, the arts, and in her church, Lake Grove Presbyterian. She was mayor of Durham, a small city located between Tigard and Tualatin. She was also a member of Durham’s city council and planning commission. Professor Taylor is survived by two children, Katherine Horton and Elizabeth Taylor, and two grandchildren, Elizabeth and Taylor Horton. In 2003 Professor Taylor established the Mary Branson Taylor Scholarship in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Idaho. For information on contributing to the scholarship, call the University of Idaho Foundation, 208-885-4000, or email gifts@uidaho.edu. —-Doug Swanson RAPS welcomes recent retirees and new members Nancy Beaini Michael Bower Thomas Bray Arlene Brockel John Christy Scott Cooper Lidiya Demchuk Marion Dresner Kerry Gilbreth Sylvia Giroux Michele Goldschmidt Charles Grant Tenora Grigsby Cheryl Hagseth Michael Haluska Michael Harvey Ralph Holcomb Mary Holmes Tanya Jacobsmuhlen Ellen Justice Thomas Kemper Kristen Kern Martha Lacy Sheri Little Joan Malling Mark Mentzer Pamela Miller Barbara Pijan Jennifer Portis David Shapiro Cary Sneider Maria Talbott Ruben Torres Suy Tran Joy Williams Lisa Zurk 5
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