Lawyer/Lawyer/Geologist
Centurion, 1920–1922
Born 4 September 1849 in Smithville, Ohio
Died 28 September 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut
Buried Lakeview Cemetery
, New Canaan, Connecticut
Proposed by John G. Milburn and Payson Merrill
Elected 6 March 1920 at age seventy
Century Memorial
William Rush Taggart was not only shrewd in the wisdom of the world but well-poised in character, large-hearted, serene of temperament. Most of those who encountered him in his notable career as corporation lawyer saw only the insight, the quick decision, the indomitable resolution to win his client’s case. The other side of him was not often unfolded until he had retired at the end of the day to his country home, overlooking Long Island Sound. Once there, the cares and preoccupations of business instantly disappeared, giving way to that genial conversation and penetrating judgment on the larger things of life which made him what he really was.
Alexander Dana Noyes
1923 Century Association Yearbook