Personal Life and Honors
President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded Taylor the Presidential Medal of Freedom on December 3, 1963.
On January 5, 1995, Taylor was inducted into the U.S. Department of Labor Hall of Fame for his contributions to industrial relations.
During his life, Taylor became close friends with many of the most important labor and government officials of his day: Frances Perkins, Cyrus Ching, George Meany, Philip Murray, Clark Kerr, Walter Heller, Henry J. Kaiser, John L. Lewis, George Schultz, John Dunlop and W. Willard Wirtz.
Taylor retired from the Wharton School in 1971. He died at his home in Philadelphia on the evening of December 15, 1972. He was survived by his wife, the former Edith Ayling; he had no children.
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