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An education reformer and social entrepreneur
Topics: Education, InformationSociety-Social IssuesSir Cyril Taylor (MBA 1961) is a social entrepreneur and British educator who served 10 successive secretaries of state for education. “I love my work helping young people get a good education,” he says.
Taylor had a successful career at Proctor and Gamble when he left in 1964 to found the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), a cultural exchange organization that has served 1.5 million students worldwide.
In 1987 he began working with the British government to establish charter-type schools that specialized in technology. Taylor served through 2007 on the Specialist Schools and Academies initiative and was awarded two knighthoods by Queen Elizabeth II.
An author of nine books and major policy papers, Taylor also serves on the board of Richmond, the American International University in London. The nonprofit school awards both US and UK degrees to its graduates.
(Published March 2015)
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