Huntsville, Ala. —- The new dean of Alabama A&M University’s School of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will receive the highest distinction among Caribbean scientists.Dr. Robert W. Taylor, a soil chemist, has been inducted as a “Caribbean Icon in Science and Technology” by the Caribbean Council of Science and Technology. The honor, notes Taylor, encompasses scientists who hail from the Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and others. Three years ago, he was elected to the Bahamas Science and Technology Hall of Fame.
Taylor says the award places him in the good company of numerous Caribbean notables, among them Marcus Garvey, Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Collin Powell, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier and Nobel Laureates.
Taylor entered the AAMU deanship as a Fellow in two leading international professional societies. He also served as a program officer for the National Science Foundation, considered one of the most prestigious peer review funding agencies in the world. He was elevated to the senior management when in the second year he served as Acting Deputy Division Director of the Division of Biological Infrastructure. Upon returning to AAMU, the Division presented Taylor with the Distinguished Service Award.
Taylor earned the B.S. degree from Tuskegee University in 1970. He pursued his postgraduate studies at Michigan State University, obtaining a M.S. degree in soil microbiology in 1973 and a Ph.D. in soil chemistry in 1977
Source:Black College Voice 3/8/08
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