Personal Information
- Retired Media Consultant
- Residing in Aiken
- Born July 16, 1946 in Aurora, Illinois
- Son of the late Harold and the late Pearl Taylor
- Attended Bradley University
- November 2, 1970 married Donna J., 2 children, Kasey and William Ryan
- Chairman, Higher Education Sub-Committee (House Education & Public Works Committee), 2015-2016, 2017-2018
- 1st Vice Chairman, House Education and Public Works Committee, 2013-14
- Member, Tax Review Ad Hoc Committee (2016-2017)
- Member, Majority Caucus Tax Reform Committee, 2011-13
- Majority Caucus Whip, 2013-14, 2015-16
- Television News Director/Anchor/Reporter, 1965-76
- President, Illinois News Broadcasters Association, 1974
- Founder and Commander, Civil Air Patrol Squadron, Rockford, Illinois, 1968-70
- Television News Consultant, 1976-2007
- Founder and CEO of media research and consulting firms based in Dallas, Los Angeles, and London, 1978-07
- Consultant to President George H.W. Bush's "Point of Light" initiative, 1991-92
- Named "Fifth Estater", Broadcast and Cable Magazine, 1998
- American Red Cross, Aiken County Chapter; Board Member, 2007-2016, Chairman, 2009-10, Vice Chairman, 2010-12
- Aiken Salvation Army, Advisory Board Member, 2013-Present
- Aiken Symphony Orchestra, Board Member, 2016-present
- 32 Degree Mason and Shriner
- Member, Rotary Club of Aiken
- Member, Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce 'Business Advocate Award': 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
- SC-BIPEC 'Champion of Free Enterprise': 2012
- Palmetto Family Alliance 'A' Rating: 2012 & 2017
- NRA 'A' Rating: 2012, 2014, 2016
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Committee Assignments
Sponsored Bills in the House
Voting Record
Service In Public Office
- House of Representatives, 2011 - Present
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