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CSUN Distinguished Alumnus Robert D. Taylor Impacts Industry, His Community and His City | CSUN Today

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Robert D. Taylor was honored on April 16 with a CSUN Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Steve Babuljak Taylor with President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of Robert Taylor. Robert D. Taylor was honored on April 16 with a CSUN Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Steve Babuljak The encyclopedia salesman knocked on the door, and Geneva Williams answered. He gave his pitch, and then Geneva looked to her 8-year-old son, Robert D. Taylor, for advice. Not a good investment, the little boy told his mother. But for some reason, she decided to go through with the purchase, despite being cash-strapped. At some point soon after, Taylor decided what he would become when he grew up — a scientist. So, he looked it up in the new encyclopedia, and it prompted him to keep digging until he read about engineering. “At that age, I knew I wanted to be an engineer,” Taylor said. Forty-five years later, Taylor insists that at age 8, he made his life plan: earn an engineering degree, go to law school, create

Robert D. Taylor was honored on April 16 with a CSUN Distinguished Alumni Award. Photo by Steve Babuljak Taylor with President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of Robert Taylor. The encyclopedia salesman knocked on the door, and Geneva Williams answered. He gave his pitch, and then Geneva looked to her 8-year-old son, Robert D. Taylor, for advice. Not a good investment, the little boy told his mother. But for some reason, she decided to go through with the purchase, despite being cash-strapped. At some point soon after, Taylor decided what he would become when he grew up — a scientist. So, he look

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