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Maynard Loren Taylor Jr. (March 12, 1917 – November 23, 1992) wasMayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1951 to 1955.
Maynard Taylor was born March 12, 1917, inSeattle, Washington. He studiedarchitecture at theUniversity of Washington. From 1939 to 1941, he served in theU.S. Army Medical Corps.[1] Taylor moved toAnchorage, Alaska in 1941 to work for theU.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of the military build-up in Alaska prior to the United States' formal involvement inWorld War II. In Alaska, Taylor met Lavaun Berg ofBasalt, Idaho, who was working as an army nurse. They were married inSeward 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 theAlaska Railroad, and taught at the newly foundedAnchorage Community College, the predecessor to theUniversity 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 theAlaska Municipal League). He went on to found the community of Basher in what would eventually come to be known as theStuckagain Heights neighborhood of Anchorage, in the foothills of theChugach 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 the1964 Good Friday 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 Solsubdivision inCongress, Arizona. The Taylors split their time between Arizona and Alaska until Taylor's death in 1992.
Maynard Taylor died November 23, 1992, inSun City West, Arizona and was buried at Wickenburg Cemetery, Wickenburg, Arizona. Lavaun Taylor died February 28, 2002, inProvo, Utah.
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