UW News


January 13, 2012

Opinion: Reflections on Dr. King and a mothers life well lived

Ed Taylor, UW vice provost and dean of undergraduate affairs, remembers the life and achievements of his mother in the context of the work of Dr. King. “At her funeral, I was profoundly aware of my responsibility to live a life that is as decent, kind, caring and humane as my mother’s.”


January 12, 2011

Opinion: Reflecting on leadership in times of crisis for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Ed Taylor, vice provost and dean of undergraduate academic affairs, shows how Martin Luther King Jr.s writings shed light on the crises of today.


January 14, 2010

Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr. was a student once; who could have guessed his future?

It has been more than 40 years since Martin Luther King delivered what many believe to be his own eulogy, his final sermon at the sanitation worker’s strike in Memphis.