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American mayor
Starke Taylor
53rd Mayor of Dallas
In office
1983–1987
Preceded byJack Wilson Evans
Succeeded byAnnette Strauss
Personal details
BornAustin Starke Taylor Jr.
(1922-07-02)July 2, 1922
Paris, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 2014(2014-10-27) (aged 92)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Delores Myrlee Burris, Carolyn Wray Norman Markle
Alma materRice University
OccupationCotton investor
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of serviceWorld War II

Austin Starke Taylor Jr. (July 2, 1922 – October 27, 2014) was mayor of Dallas, Texas, from 1983 to 1987, and a cotton investor.

Biography

Taylor was born on July 2, 1922, in Paris, Texas, in Lamar County to Austin Starke Taylor Sr. and Veryl Georgette Lamb. He married Delores Myrlee Burris, daughter of Clarke E. Burris on August 29, 1942, in Durant, Oklahoma. They had three children: Austin Starke III, Janet Charlene, and Charles Claiborne. He and Mrs. Taylor divorced in 1973. He married Carolyn Wray Norman Markle on April 7, 1973, in Dallas.

Starke Taylor graduated from Highland Park High School in 1939 where he was editor of the yearbook. In 1943 he graduated from Rice University, at the time called Rice Institute. While there he was elected president of the sophomore class.

He served in the Navy during World War II. His father, Starke Taylor Sr., was involved in buying and selling cotton and served a term as mayor of Highland Park. Stark Taylor Jr. joined his father's firm in 1946 and assumed control when is father retired in 1962. He sold the firm in 1982.

He served on the Parks and Recreation Board under Jack Evans. He defeated City Councilman and former Mayor Wes Wise in an election where he outspent the other candidate 10 to 1. In his 1985 re-election campaign, he defeated Max Goldblatt.

Starke Taylor Jr., CEO, Taylor Investments was on the 2012 AT&T College Bowl Board. He was also president of the Cotton Council International.

Death

Taylor died at his home in Dallas on October 27, 2014.

References

  1. "Wedding of Deloris Burris, Starke Taylor Jr. Revealed. Dallas Morning News, February 7, 1943, page 3
  2. "Mayor of the Unfinished City." Texas Monthly. October, 1983, pgs 149-153, 222-229. (accessed February 7, 2011 Google Books)
  3. "Cotton Investor Elected As Mayor of Dallas." The New York Times. April 4, 1983.(accessed February 7, 2011)
  4. AT&T Cotton Bowl Board
  5. "Former Dallas mayor, Starke Taylor, dies at age 92". Dallas News.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.

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Political offices
Preceded byJack Wilson Evans Mayor of Dallas
1983-1987 		Succeeded byAnnette Strauss
Mayors of Dallas
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