Arthur Taylor

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Arthur R. Taylor (born 1935) is an American businessman.

Taylor was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University. He began his corporate career with the First Boston Corporation. He was later Vice President Finance and Executive Vice President of International Paper Company. He was president of CBS from 1972 until 1976, when he was ousted by William S. Paley. Taylor was placed on the master list of Nixon political opponents during his time at CBS.

He then founded Arthur Taylor & Company, a private investment concern. In 1985, Fordham University named him dean of its Graduate School of Business Administration. Taylor was also president of Muhlenberg College.

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• Staff report (October 25, 1976). Behind the Purge at CBS. Time Magazine
• Staff report (November 17, 1985). Banker Fills Fordham Post. New York Times