Alumni

PERSONNEL & COMMUNITY ROLL

Taylor Instrument Companies Alumni & Workforce

A historical directory of former employees, craftsmen, engineers, glass blowers, managers, and staff who built precision instruments at the Ames Street plant and international facilities.

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Reconstructing a Lost Workforce History

When the Rochester manufacturing plant on Ames Street was closed following corporate acquisitions, original company personnel files were unfortunately discarded. The GEWAME Archive is actively reconstructing this roster from community obituaries, marriage notices, company publications (such as The "Taylor" Rochester and Taylor Tycos), service pins, union records, and family submissions.

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Wartime Service • 1943

World War II Honor Roll

The complete alphabetical roster of 266 Taylor employees serving in the Armed Forces, transcribed from the 1943 Army-Navy “E” Award program, including three Gold Star memorial citations.

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Visual Archives • Ames Street

Workforce & Staff Galleries

Browse department portraits, manufacturing floor groups, and the massive 1951 Centennial crowd photo. Help us identify unnamed employees and relatives.

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1851–1968 Lineage

Company Presidents & Founders

Biographical profiles and family tree links for founders George and Frank Taylor, Herbert J. Winn, Lewis B. Swift, Raymond E. Olson, and other leaders.

Executive Leadership & Company Officers

Senior executives, board chairs, and company presidents who directed Taylor’s growth from early Hill Street shops to the international instrumentation leader. See the full Timeline of Company Presidents for presidential terms and corporate eras.

George Taylor

Co-Founder & President (1872–1890)

Frank Taylor

Co-Founder & President (1890–1895)

G. Elbert Taylor

President (1900–1910)

J. Merton Taylor

President (1910–1913)

Herbert J. Winn

President (1913–1938) & Chairman

Lewis B. Swift

President (1938–1951) & Wartime Leader

Raymond E. Olson

President (1951–1965) & Chairman

Marc E. Porter

President & CEO (1965–1974)

Employee & Alumni Directory

Click any column header to sort alphabetically by name, department, or active years.

Name	Department / Known Role	Years Active	Notes & Archival Links
David Arlington	Cooperative Engineering Program	Unrecorded	Mentioned in employee profile as voted president of fraternity.
Hildred Burnette Barrett	Unrecorded	? – 1986	Retired from Taylor Instruments.
Lawrence Blanford	Supervisor & Draftsman	26 Years	26-year veteran employee; worked as a messenger and draftsman in the Canadian operations before rising to supervisor.
Steven Blystone	Maintenance / Facilities	Unrecorded	Employed at Taylor Instrument Co., division of Sybron Corp.
Harold D. Bolton	Unrecorded	? – 1948	Departed Taylor in 1948 to found Corydon Industries.
Joseph Calabro	Plant Foreman	1903 – 1953	50-year career; served as foreman of the punch press department.
John A. Cavaleri	Unrecorded	1960s	Honored as Sportsman of the Year for Taylor Instruments in the 1960s.
Lawrence Colwell	Unrecorded	37 Years	37-year veteran employee.
Anthony S. Cook Sr.	Unrecorded	1956 – 1995	39-year career at Taylor; U.S. Air Force veteran during the Korean War.
William Crowe	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Tedd E. Dapp	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Marie Borelli Dash	Process Control Division	Unrecorded	Calibrated precision control systems using closed-circuit television technology.
Helen O. Dolan	Executive Secretary	Unrecorded	Served in the executive administrative office.
Lawrence Ennocenti	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Dick Fish	Engineering	Unrecorded	Featured in company profile Pursuing Your Passion.
Arnold George Grape	Manufacturing	1940 – 1982	42-year career; transferred to the Asheville, North Carolina facility in 1964.
Donald T. Gregg	Engineering	Unrecorded	Instrument engineer.
Richard L. Gross	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Also worked for Stromberg-Carlson.
John T. Guarino	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Alfred Haacke	Senior Production Designer	Unrecorded	Senior designer of precision instruments. Genealogy record in the GEWAME Family Tree.
Edward J. Hanna	President of Taylor de Mexico	1926 – 1963	Appointed supervisor of instrumentation for the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge during WWII. Later worked in Cheyenne, Wyoming and on the Atlas Missile program before opening Taylor Instruments de Mexico in 1960.
Edgar Simon Harker	Unrecorded	20 Years	Employed at Taylor Instruments for 20 years until retirement.
Todd J. Haschmann	Test Technician	Unrecorded	Instrument testing and calibration.
John Herbison Hawkins	VP of Human Resources	40 Years	Served Taylor Instruments and successor ABB for 40 years.
George Heinlein	Manager of Cost Accounting	1955 – 1990	35-year veteran of financial management.
Harold E. Hendler	Systems Engineering Division	31 Years	31-year employee; 19 years in the Systems Engineering Division.
Eric P. Hicks	Product Manager	1957 – ?	Process Control Division under Sybron Corporation.
Richard W. Hoffman	Sales Engineer	1950 – 1988	38-year sales engineering career.
Karl Hammond Hubbard	Vice President & Technical Director	1928 – 1965	Held executive technical roles including Director of Research, Chief Engineer, Technical Director, and Vice President of Research.
David Lee Husung	Technical Instructor	? – 1994	Retired from ABB / Taylor Instruments.
William L. Huston	Research Engineer & Copywriter	Unrecorded	Conducted technical research and authored industrial advertising copy.
Dorothy T. Johnson	Test Technician	Unrecorded	Instrument testing and calibration.
Freelon B. Kerry	Assistant Manager, Accounting	1935 – 1951	Financial administration during the WWII and centennial period.
Harry C. Kramer III	Electrical Engineer	? – 1985	U.S. military veteran and Purple Heart recipient. Profiled at 97 years young.
Joan Spahn Kunz	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Doris M. Lake	Assembly / Production	Unrecorded	Graduate of the Rochester School for the Deaf; long-time Taylor employee.
Robert J. Malerk	Facilities & Maintenance	37 Years	37-year career; passed away while on duty at the facility on May 15, 1978.
Arthur F. Mance	Head of Printing Department	1905 – ?	Began at the Watertown office in 1905 before moving to the Ames Street plant in 1910.
Alfred Maurer	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Henry W. Maurer Jr.	VP & General Manager	1932 – 1962	Served as the Akron–Cleveland regional executive representative.
Bertha McDonald	Facilities & Maintenance	Unrecorded	Plant maintenance staff.
Frank J. Perozzi	Unrecorded	? – 1985	Originally hired by General Dynamics; retired from Taylor Instruments.
Juanita Plemmons	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Retired from Taylor Instruments.
Marc E. Porter	President & Chief Executive	1934 – 1974	Controller, treasurer, executive VP of finance, and elected President in 1965. Dedicated article at Marc E. Porter.
John J. Rohack	Production / Staff	1945 – 1982	37-year employee; also served as a part-time officer for the East Rochester Police Department.
Howard A. Schwartz	Industrial Engineer	Unrecorded	Documented in marriage announcement in the Greece Post.
Flora M. Shea	Unrecorded	? – 1977	Retired from Taylor Instruments.
Annie G. Sickles	Unrecorded	? – 1987	Retired from Taylor Instruments and Sybron Corporation.
Dean Swanson	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Retired from Taylor Instruments.
Mary Moore Taylor	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Retired from Taylor Instruments.
Henrietta G. Terborg	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Retired from Taylor Instrument Co.
Robert Deane Thompson	Manager of Long-Range Planning	1939 – 1975	Physical chemist who developed easier-to-read thermometer capillary tubes; assisted with the Sybron merger.
Thomas A. Tuety	Production / Sales	Post-WWII	Began career after WWII at Taylor Instruments before entering real estate.
Lillian E. Wagner	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Retired from Taylor Instrument Co.
Ruby White	Unrecorded	Unrecorded	Taylor Instrument employee.
Herbert J. Winn	Chairman of the Board	1893 – 1938+	Longtime executive, president, and chairman. Dedicated article at Herbert J. Winn.
David Woolston	Operations	Unrecorded	Employed at ABB Taylor Instruments.

Help Identify Unnamed Employees in Archival Photos

Many historic group portraits, retirement banquets, and shop-floor manufacturing photographs feature unidentified workers. If you recognize a relative, coworker, or neighbor, click any photo to leave a comment with their name and bench/station:

📷 Unidentified Employees Gallery → 📸 1960s Company Picnic Photo →