Endowed Graduate Assistantship to Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

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Kent Taylor has created an endowment to support CANR, BAE graduate assistants researching sustainable energy sources.

Kent Taylor, '71 social sciences and '73 labor and industrial relations

Growing up in a Chicago suburb, Kent Taylor always knew he wanted to become a Spartan. His family has always bled green his dad and two sisters attended Michigan State University (MSU). As a big fan, Taylor desired to also pursue his diploma from the green-and-white university on the other side of Lake Michigan.

What he didn't realize then was how much he'd eventually learn to desire a much green-er planet.

Attending MSU in the 1960s, Taylor was initially interested in social justice causes. He later found his true calling in environmental advocacy.

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