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Florida Tech Alumni Association Award

Kerry Bruce Clark Award for Excellence in Teaching

Florida Humanities Council : Board of Directors Member

Florida Historical Society : President Emeritus

H-Florida : Advisory Board Member

Florida in the Civil War (FL) (Civil War History)

This War So Horrible: The Civil War Diary of Hiram Smith Williams

Dr. Robert Taylor's research focuses on 19th- and 20th-century America, the American South, Florida history, U.S. military history, the history of the Space Age, and 20th-century Europe.

Dr. Taylor is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Humanities Council.

He is also president emeritus of the Florida Historical Society, an advisory board member for H-Florida, and a board official in the Selective Service System. 

Dr. Taylor resides in Palm Bay and St. Simons Island, Georgia, with his wife Virginia and a house full of pets.

History of the Space Age

Florida's Governors

D-Day

American Military Leadership

Civil War

World War II

Governor Dan McCarty

Ernest Hemingway

University Faculty Profile

U.S. Naval Institute Profile

Biden to Nominate Ex-Florida Sen. Bill Nelson to Lead NASA

SpaceX will team up with Armed Forces for War Games in April

COVID-19 masks generate polarizing debates in cities, towns across Brevard County

From Jeff Bezos to today’s NASA engineers, Apollo 11 inspired a generation to go to space

Emeritus Professor of History

Dr. Robert Taylor interviews William 'Bill' Jurgens.

Florida Tech Pioneer Interview: William Jurgens and  Dr. Robert Taylor, August 2, 2007

A video history of the Florida Institute of Technology. Interviews with Florida Tech pioneers conducted by Dr. Robert Taylor. This version is a shortened version of the hour-long documentary currently in production. 

Edited by Amanda Burns. Some footage provided by On-Line Video (Melbourne, Fl.) and the Keuper Family Archives

History of Florida Tech - Abridged

Dr. Robert Taylor interviews Dr. Harry Weber in Fall 2007.

Florida Tech Pioneer Interview: Dr. Harry Weber and Dr. Robert Taylor, Fall 2007

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