# Maynard L. Taylor Jr. > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maynard_L._Taylor_Jr. > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maynard_L._Taylor_Jr..md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_L._Taylor_Jr. > Source revision: 1345140269 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician (1917–1992)}} {{more footnotes needed|date=February 2013}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Maynard L. Taylor Jr. |office=20th [Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Anchorage%2C_Alaska) |term_start=1951 |term_end=1955 |predecessor=[Z. J. Loussac](/source/Z._J._Loussac) |successor=[Ken Hinchey](/source/Ken_Hinchey) |birth_name=Maynard Loren Taylor Jr. |birth_date={{birth date|1917|3|22|1992|11|23}} |birth_place=[Seattle](/source/Seattle), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1992|11|23|1917|3|12}} |death_place=[Sun City West, Arizona](/source/Sun_City_West%2C_Arizona), U.S. |resting_place=Wickenburg Cemetery, [Wickenburg, Arizona](/source/Wickenburg%2C_Arizona), U.S. |spouse={{marriage|Lavaun Berg|1944}} |children=3 |alma_mater=[University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington) |occupation=Politician |allegiance=United States |branch=[United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) ([United States Army Medical Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Medical_Corps)) |service_years=1939–1941 }} '''Maynard Loren Taylor Jr.''' (March 12, 1917 – November 23, 1992) was an American politician who served as the 20th [mayor of Anchorage, Alaska](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Anchorage%2C_Alaska), from 1951 to 1955. Maynard Taylor was born March 12, 1917, in [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington). He studied [architecture](/source/architecture) at the [University of Washington](/source/University_of_Washington). From 1939 to 1941, he served in the [U.S. Army Medical Corps](/source/U.S._Army_Medical_Corps)."Index Record for Maynard L Taylor Jr WWII Army Enlistment Records", ''[Fold3](/source/Fold3) by Ancestry.com website''. Retrieved November 18, 2022. Enlistment Date is listed as "23 Sept 1940". Taylor moved to [Anchorage, Alaska](/source/Anchorage%2C_Alaska), in 1941 to work for the [U.S. Army Corps of Engineers](/source/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers) as part of the military build-up in Alaska prior to the United States' formal involvement in [World War II](/source/World_War_II). In Alaska, Taylor met Lavaun Berg of [Basalt, Idaho](/source/Basalt%2C_Idaho), who was working as an army nurse. They were married in [Seward](/source/Seward%2C_Alaska) in 1944. They would go on to have two sons, Tom and Maynard, and a daughter, Toni. After the war, Maynard set up an architectural firm, with Lavaun serving as secretary. He was employed by the Civil Aviation Administration and the [Alaska Railroad](/source/Alaska_Railroad), and taught at the newly founded [Anchorage Community College](/source/Anchorage_Community_College), the predecessor to the [University of Alaska Anchorage](/source/University_of_Alaska_Anchorage). In 1952, Taylor was elected to the first of four consecutive terms as mayor of Anchorage. The same year, he was nominated as president of the League of Alaska Cities (later known as the [Alaska Municipal League](/source/Alaska_Municipal_League)). He went on to found the community of Basher in what would eventually come to be known as the [Stuckagain Heights](/source/Stuckagain_Heights) neighborhood of Anchorage, in the foothills of the [Chugach Mountains](/source/Chugach_Mountains). He served as mayor of Basher from 1959 to 1972. Taylor designed and Managed the Hillside Apartments on 16th Ave between G & H Streets in Anchorage. The third floor of this building was severely damaged during the [1964 Good Friday earthquake](/source/1964_Alaska_earthquake) and was subsequently demolished. I Street was later expanded and is known as the Walter J Hickel Parkway. In 1976, Taylor partnered with Bill Bittner to develop the Paso Del Sol [subdivision](/source/Subdivision_(land)) in [Congress, Arizona](/source/Congress%2C_Arizona). The Taylors split their time between Arizona and Alaska until Taylor's death in 1992. Maynard Taylor died November 23, 1992, in [Sun City West, Arizona](/source/Sun_City_West%2C_Arizona), and was buried at Wickenburg Cemetery, Wickenburg, Arizona. Lavaun Taylor died February 28, 2002, in [Provo, Utah](/source/Provo%2C_Utah). ==References== {{Portal|Alaska|Biography|Politics}} {{reflist}} *{{Citation | title=Obituaries (Maynard Taylor, Jr.) | newspaper=[Anchorage Daily News](/source/Anchorage_Daily_News) | pages=B4 | date=November 25, 1992}} *{{Citation | title=Obituaries (Lavaun Pearl Berg Taylor) | newspaper=Anchorage Daily News | pages=B9 | date=March 8, 2002}} {{s-start}} {{succession box | before=[Zachariah J. Loussac](/source/Zachariah_J._Loussac)| title=[Mayor of Anchorage](/source/Mayor_of_Anchorage)| years=1951–1955| after=[Ken Hinchey](/source/Ken_Hinchey)}} {{s-end}} {{Mayors of Anchorage}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Maynard}} Category:1917 births Category:1992 deaths Category:20th-century American architects Category:20th-century mayors of places in Alaska Category:Architects from Alaska Category:Mayors of Anchorage, Alaska Category:United States Army soldiers Category:University of Alaska Anchorage people Category:People from Sun City West, Arizona Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Maynard L. Taylor Jr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_L._Taylor_Jr.) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maynard_L._Taylor_Jr.?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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