Biography
The son of Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig and his wife Ellen Kneffler, Joseph Taussig was born in Dresden, Germany where his father, a lieutenant (navy) was on special service at the European Station (February 1877 – January 1880). One of five sons, he entered the United States Naval Academy in 1895. His older brother, Paul Taussig, had been enrolled at the United States Naval Academy but died the previous July of a sudden onset of acute appendicitis. Joseph Taussig, like his late brother, excelled in athletics at USNA. A football star, he was quarterback for the 1899 Navy team. He also excelled at track and field events and was president of the USNA Athletic Association. He was the second of a three-generational family of United States Naval Academy graduates that served from 1863 to 1954 starting with his father, Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig (1847-1921), and ending with his son Captain Joseph K. Taussig, Jr. (1920-1999).
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