Roger L. Taylor has served as President of Knox College in Galesburg from 2002 until 2011, having previously been Chair of the College's Board of Trustees. A native of Fulton County, Illinois, Mr. Taylor is a 1959 graduate of Cuba High School. He served in the United States Navy for three and one-half years, including a year in Viet Nam, before entering law school in 1968. Mr. Taylor is an experienced trial lawyer specializing in commercial litigation. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and the ABA Section of Litigation and has been published in the Journal of the ABA Section of Litigation and the San Diego Law Review. Mr. Taylor retired in 1999 from the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, where he practiced for 30 years and remains Of Counsel. Mr. Taylor is married to Anne Zweifel Taylor, a 1963 alumna and Knox College's Pro Bono Counsel.  He received his bachelor's degree in English from Knox College in 1963. Mr. Taylor graduated with honors from Northwestern University School of Law in 1971 and served as an editor of the law review.