Norman William Taylor

Norman William Taylor, 94, of Lancaster, PA died on Friday, January 5, 2018 at Homestead Village following a long illness. He was born in Wigan, England, the son of Albert and Jessie Slonker Taylor and lived in the United States since 1953. He and his wife, the former Eleanor Dorothy Harper, celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary on July 18th 2017. During World War II in Britain, Dr. Taylor earned a degree in engineering and served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the British Army in India, reaching the rank of Captain. Dr. Taylor received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of London, graduating with honors and earned a Master’s degree and the Ph.D. degree from Yale University. Tohoku Gakuin University in Japan conferred an honorary doctor of laws degree on him in 1988. After teaching at Yale, Lawrence University and the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Taylor joined the faculty of Franklin and Marshall College, where he was the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Economics Department. He was also Director of the Japanese Studies Program and of the Asian Studies program. In 1967-68, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at Tunghai University in Taiwan. He retired from fulltime service at Franklin and Marshall in 1988, but continued to be involved in Asian Studies there for another eleven years. Dr. Taylor was a member of the American Economic Association, the Economic History Association, the Association for Asian Studies, and the American Association for Chinese Studies, of which he was a member of the board of directors. He was a longtime member of Highland Presbyterian Church. In addition to his wife, Dr. Taylor is survived by a son, David, husband of Rhonda Schappell Taylor of Conestoga; a daughter, Laurie, wife of Derek Leadbetter of Durham, NC; four grandchildren : Amanda Eiche, Christine Rintz, Diane Dellaero and Claire Leadbetter; and one great granddaughter, Sydney Eiche. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark Albert Taylor and four sisters: Phyllis Taylor, Jessie Sharples, Margaret Pearson and Agnes Chamberlain. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend a Memorial Service at The Bachman Center at Homestead Village on Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until the time of the service. A private interment will be held at Millersville Mennonite Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Norman’s name may be made to the Norman W. Taylor Family Scholarship Fund C/O Franklin & Marshall College P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003.