Francis X. Taylor

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Francis X. Taylor
Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
In office
September 1996 – May 2001
Preceded byRobert A. Hoffmann
Succeeded byL. Eric Patterson
Personal details
Born
Francis Xavier Taylor

1948 (age 75–76)
Education

Francis Xavier Taylor (born 1948)

President Obama in 2014. In that role, he provided the Secretary, DHS senior leadership, the DHS components, and state, local, tribal and private sector partners with homeland security intelligence and information they need to keep the country safe, secure and resilient. DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a member of, and the Department’s liaison to, the U.S. Intelligence Community.[6]

Taylor was also a member of the

Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations from 1996 to 2001.[1][2][7][8][9][10]

Biography

Military career

Taylor was educated at the

U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and then attended the U.S. Air Force Special Investigations School in Washington, D.C.[10] From 1970 to 1972, he was a counterintelligence officer at the Middle East, Africa and South Asia Division at AFOSI.[10] From 1972 to 1974, he attended the Air Force Institute of Technology at Notre Dame, receiving an M.A. in government and international studies in 1974.[10]

Taylor spent 1974–76 in the Acquisition and Analysis Division of

Armed Forces Staff College.[10]

Francis X. Taylor during his time in the United States Air Force.

In January 1984, Taylor became deputy director for operations in the Directorate of Counterintelligence and Investigative Programs in the Office of the

AFOSI District 45 at Osan Air Base in July 1990; and then commander of AFOSI Region 2 at Langley Air Force Base in July 1992.[10] He returned to Bolling AFB in August 1994 as director of mission guidance at Headquarters AFOSI.[10]

In August 1995, he became director of special investigations in the

Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit,[10] Taylor retired from active duty on July 1, 2001.[11]

Effective dates of promotion

Insignia Rank Date
Brigadier General
 September 1, 1996
Colonel February 1, 1991
Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 1985
Major July 1, 1982
Captain February 15, 1974
First Lieutenant
 January 15, 1972
Second Lieutenant June 6, 1970

Post-military career

In 2001, President

Secretary of State Colin Powell
in forming the international coalition against terrorism and developing aggressive international policy implementation to defeat terrorism.

President Bush then nominated Taylor to be

Secretary of State and foreign dignitaries who visit the United States and conduct criminal investigations of violation of U.S. Visa and Immigration statutes. As Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, Taylor regulated the activities of foreign missions in the United States to protect the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States and safeguard the American public from abuses of privileges and immunities by diplomatic and consular officials.[7][12]

Taylor joined the

Chief Security Officer on March 7, 2005. He is responsible for overseeing GE’s global security operations and crisis management processes.[13]

In 2006, Bush appointed Taylor to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.[1]

On February 12, 2014, President

Department of Homeland Security.[14]

Taylor has also received numerous civilian awards and decorations, including the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the State Department Distinguished Honor Award.

On August 17, 2017, Taylor was named an executive fellow of the Global Policy Initiative in the new Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.[15][16]

Taylor is married to Constance O. Taylor and together the couple have three children.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^
    National Archives
    .
  2. ^ a b "Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Volume 0, pp. 936". Administration of George W. Bush, 2008. February 27, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: New Independent Agency Status" (PDF). Garrett Hatch. August 27, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  4. ^ "Francis "Frank" X. Taylor". CIEE. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "Francis Xavier Taylor (1948–)". Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Francis X. Taylor". Cambridge Global. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Department of State Archive Biography: Francis X. Taylor". Department of State. November 21, 2002. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  8. ^ "History of the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the United States Department of State" (PDF). Department of State. October 2011. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Serving His Country". Darcy Dehais. October 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Air Force Biography". Af.mil. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
  11. ^ Wanja Eric Naef. "iwar.org profile". Iwar.org.uk. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  12. ^ "Measure, then Act: General Electric CSO Frank Taylor on the Importance of Process Improvements". CSO Security and Risk. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  13. ^ "GE Corporate Staff Officers" (PDF). GE.com. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  14. National Archives
    .
  15. ^ "Former Homeland Security official Francis Taylor joins Keough School of Global Affairs". Renée LaReau. August 17, 2017. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  16. ^ "Francis Taylor, Executive Fellow, Global Policy Initiative". Renée LaReau. Retrieved December 28, 2018.

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Government offices
Preceded by Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis
April 14, 2014 - January 20, 2017 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Position established
 Member of Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
March 14, 2006 – January 29, 2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
November 18, 2002 – February 19, 2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Coordinator for Counterterrorism
July 13, 2001 – November 15, 2002 		Succeeded by
Military offices
Preceded by
Commander of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations

September 1996 – May 2001 		Succeeded by
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