Biography:

Naval officer, business executive. Born– Jan. 22, 1921, in Mobile, Ala. Parents– Tazewell Taylor and Martha (Webb) Shepard. Married– Julia Ann Sparkman. Children– One. Education– U.S. Naval Academy, B.S.; U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, M.S.; U.C.L.A., M.S. Entered Navy as ensign in 1942, advancing to Rear Vice-Admiral in 1968; naval aide to White House 1961-1964; later commanded USS Aucilla and USS Princeton; deputy director of operations for Joint Chiefs of Staff; director of East Asia and Pacific Region office of the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs; commander of Anti-Submarine Warfare Group 2 and of Joint Strategic Integrated Planning System until retirement in 1973; subsequently executive vice president of Occidental International, subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1978.

Publication(s):

John F. Kennedy; Man of the Sea. New York; William Morrow, 1965.