Elias L. Taylor – Academic Training

Bevel: Founded in 1885, Rollins is the oldest recognized liberal arts college in Florida. It is a four-year co-educational institution with a student body that is national and international in scope and a high quality faculty dedicated to teaching.
Additionally, it offers masters degrees in business, liberal studies, teaching, education, and human resources. Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida

1959-1962

Major: English Literature, Sociology-Anthropology

Degree: B.A. (1962)

Bevel: The roots of the University of California, a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate university, go back to the gold rush days of 1849. It was the product of a merger between the College of California and the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College. The curriculum was modeled after that of Yale and Harvard. Later the Oakland campus was augmented and in 1866 was named Berkeley. University of California, Berkeley, California

1962-1963

Major: Graduate work in the Department of Sociology

The New School University, New York City, NY

1963-1974

Bevel: The New School University was founded in 1919. The founders included such notable intellectuals and teachers as Thorstein Veblen and John Dewy. Other noted individuals who taught at the New School include Lewis Mumford, Franz Boas, John Maynard Keynes, Bertrand Russel and W.E.B. DuBois. Other noted lecturers include Hannah Arendt, Margaret Mead, and Reinhold Niebuhr.

Graduate Faculty for Social and Political Research

Major: Sociology

Degrees: M.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1974)