TAYLOR ALBERT BORRADAILE

...was born on May 15, 1885 in Camden, Ohio. Borradaile entered Miami University in 1904 and was active in almost every phase of university life during his four years as an undergraduate. Along with Founder Shideler he was a member of the Erodeplhian Literary Society and was its president during his junior year.

Borradaile's major contribution in the planning phase of the Non-Fraternity Association was to personally provide the necessary organizational leadership to start the association. When the Association held its first meeting on March 17, 1906, Borradaile was elected the first president.

Like Founder Douglass, Borradaile graduated with a degree in chemistry, but directed his talents towards the teaching field. After devoting a few years of high school work, both as a teacher and principal, he returned to chemistry as a profession, operating his own chemical laboratory in West Virginia. At the same time, he served the city of Charleston, West Virginia as chief chemist.

Borradaile subsequently accepted a position with the federal government and served for several years as the chief chemist in the materials testing section of the Veteran's Administration.

Founder Borradaile was well-known to members of the Fraternity for his quick sense of humor, his warm personality and his calm, genial nature. His later years were spent with his wife Letha in Beckely, West Virginia, where he died on June 25, 1977.