The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-07

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DEHIND the desk where the late
ID Judge Ebert H. Gary presided
over affairs of the United States
Steel Corporation now sits an en-
igma to Wall Street.
He is Myron C. Taylor, "the man
nobody knows" newly elected chair
man of the board Of the steel COM
pany.
Paradoxically, there is no mystery
TO the character of this man if one
studies his eyes. They are keen and
penetrating, limiting a formidable
sternness to which his mouth, set
like a steel trap, adds much.
Tall in stature, strongly built
and athletic looking, this new steel
car gives the appearance Of a foot
ball star, yet he never played a
game in his life.
To his friends, Taylor also is no
mystery. To them he is polished
gentleman and somewhat of So
cial lion.
This social standing began on the
lower rung Of the ladder and had
much to do with the decision of j.
Pierpont Morgan to select Taylor
as the man who could wear the
social pumps as well as the seven
league business boots Of Judge Gray.
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As an entertainer, Taylor IS
L N without equal. His town home,
his country estate situated on the
site of the home of a colonial an
cestor and his villa in Florence,
Italy are always the scenes of
gatherings for leaders in the Park
avenue register
But to business and the world in
general, Taylor is noted for his
aloofness. This characteristic has
caused him to be dubbed another
mystery man of Wall Street" Yet
his mystery" is merely his desire
to avoid personal publicity.
The loss of $500, 900 worth of gems
would cause any man to summon
police aid, but Taylor, when his
wifes iewelry was stolen, demurred
when it came to calling New York
police, because he Stunned publicity.
A NY interviewer lucky enough to
N get an audience is faced with
an ordeal. Those interviews are
brief and replies to questions are
laconic and terse.
He thinks quickly and works fast
and he sits behind desk that is
free from cluttered correspondence.
Taylor belongs to the most eXclu-
sive clubs of New York. He is fond
Of boating, swimming, and golf
vet breaking par is still his ambi-
ton. He is a patron of art and
music. -
He dresses with sartorial correct
ness. Even a directors meeting re-
quires a certain attire. And this
has earned him a reputation for
being among the best dressed OF
New York men.
But there must be more than this
to the man that was able to emerge
alone from the steel triumvirate Of
J. Pierpont Morgan, James A. Far
rell and Taylor. Today, he rules
where three formerly ruled
dorm of wealthy parents in 1874,
ID in Lyons, N. Y, and descendant
of colonial stock, Taylor was en-
riched not only with the wealth of
his ancestors, but also with the
mental and physical sturdiness Of
the Massachusetts, pioneer.
He was graduated in 1894 from
the law school of Cornell univer-
sity, to which institution he has
given SI,500,000 for a new law
school building.
Following his graduation, Taylor
moved to New York, where he
practiced law, only later to turn his
attention to the textile industry
from which his family had amassed
most of its wealth.
He later turned to banking and
those industries financed by the
Morgan and Baker interests.
In 1906 he married Miss Annabel
Stevens Mack. They have no chill
dren.
In 1927 Taylor was named chair
man OF the powerful finance COM
mittee of the United States Steel
Corporation, Immediately occupy
ing the office of the late Judge
Gary, whom he later was to sue
ceed