Donate to the
Taylor Horn
Global Studies
Scholarship
In the infinitely dark days following Taylor's passing, we decided to set up a scholarship in his name, at Simon's Rock, his alma mater. Our other son, Colby, had also attended "The Rock" for his freshman year and then transferred to Middlebury College to complete his degree.
Our dear friends, Ellen Medearis and Rich Superfine, helped us to bring the Taylor Horn Global Studies Scholarship to fruition with a large, anchor donation. Within a few months, thanks to all the generous contributors, including Taylor's friends at The Rock to Carnegie Mellon to National Theater Institute to Fort Meade, and traveling the world from Vermont to Iraq to Pittsburgh, DC and Germany, the scholarship fund was born. It is intended for B.A. students with interests in studying foreign languages, world geography, politics, activism, social justice, international relations, and conflict resolution. Fostering more students to follow in Taylor's footsteps is the best way we know to honor him.
To donate to the Taylor Horn Global Studies Scholarship, please visit The Rock's website:
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And a warm hug of thanks to all who help us memorialize him in this most special way!
***NEWS FLASH***
Since this fund was endowed in 2020, it has surpassed $200,000 and supported 4 students with scholarships!
Taylor's yearbook photo from 2013
For those of you who will visit the Simon's Rock campus, be on the lookout for a new granite brick walkway amongst the Mods, on-campus apartments, where Taylor and friends lived for their sophomore year. Our family recently added a brick in memory of Taylor that can be seen here. The '09 indicates the unique way in which The Rock denotes a student's class; Taylor entered in the fall of 2009 and graduated in the spring of 2013.
Julynn & Tay
Suite C
Tay & Lauren
Fellas with umbrellas
Spacemen
Taylor and friends modeled this dodgeball fundraiser 'commercial' after the similar Old Spice ones from about 15 years ago. Brad can be seen here with the Simon's Rock mascot!
On one of my visits to the college, even I (his sports playing 40-something mother) got in on the dodgeball action! I further earned my 'badass' name that Taylor had given me previously, due to my late-in-life ice hockey 'career.' Brad also played dodgeball and participated in at least one of the soccer games between students and alums. Both Taylor and his father were goalkeepers.
During the Spring 2011 Dance Concert, Taylor and his good friend Kevin Hu performed a dance that they choreographed as a tribute to their time together at Simon's Rock, their shared dance classes where they were often the only two guys, and graduation, which was just weeks away at showtime. Kevin moved on to MIT after receiving his AA degree, while Taylor stayed on at The Rock to earn his BA degree.
We held Taylor's Memorial Service at the Kellogg Music Center on the Simon's Rock Campus on June 1, 2019. It was a very full house; we ran out of chairs! Friends and family came from across the country. His key professors, friends and relatives paid tribute to one amazing young man; what an impact he had made on the world throughout his life!
Staffa, Scotland 2015
See the "Ambassador" page for remarks Ambassador Laskaris made about Taylor at a separate memorial ceremony held at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany.
In my "Mother's Tribute" at the service, I described my animal-loving son, as he spent much of his life exploring the world's creatures, working at a zoo, adventuring with his dogs, caring for and loving all types of critters.
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Today we celebrate the miracle.
- Albert Einstein
