Henry J. Taylor

Henry J. Taylor
Born	Henry Junior Taylor (1902-09-02)September 2, 1902 Chicago, Illinois
Died	Manhattan, New York City
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Occupation	Author, journalist, broadcaster, diplomat
Known for	U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland

Henry Junior Taylor (2 September 1902 – 24 February 1984) was an American author, economist, radio broadcaster and former United States Ambassador to Switzerland (1957–1961).

Taylor was born in Chicago to Henry Noble and Eileen O'Hare Taylor. He graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1920 and the University of Virginia in 1924. He served as a foreign correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain in the early years of World War II.

As a radio commentator, Taylor opposed the New Deal and contested the popular front in the 1930s and 1940s. Shortly after the 1944 election, the Blue Network dropped Taylor’s commentary, though he was ultimately picked up by the smaller Mutual Radio Network. Billboard credited CIO-PAC for contributing to the break between Taylor and the Blue Network. After the war, Taylor hosted the General Motors-sponsored radio program Your Land and Mine, on which he was known for his conservative commentary.

Taylor was a columnist for the United Feature Syndicate after serving as Ambassador. He authored several nonfiction books, including An American Speaks His Mind and It Must Be a Long War, and a novel, The Big Man.

In 1959, he won a Human Interest Storytelling Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation. He is credited with introducing kabuki as a term used by American political pundits as a synonym for political posturing.

Taylor died at his home in Manhattan at the age of 81.

External links

• Manuscript Collections - Henry J. Taylor Papers 19081984