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Show New Officers Take? Over Duties in Bia U.E. A. , Lucille G. Taylor, Spanish Fork, assumes leadership of Utah's largest professional ' association Thursday when , she becomes president of the 14,000-member Utah Educa-' Educa-' tion Association. She replaces -UEA President Walter H. Prothero, 215 Carol Way, Midvale, whose term expires ' July 15. , Mrs. Taylor, a media center coordinator at Spanish Fork High School, served as presi- dent-elect the past year. , Said Mrs. Taylor upon taking her new position: "I ' have two hopes for Utah educators: My short-range hope is that members realize all the' good that is done through their association for them and their students. My long-range hope is that one 4ay educators share influence of entry and exit procedures of the profession and in the quality of instruction and curriculum. By realizing these things we'll be better prepared to provide our students with the tools they'll need to achieve in the modern world." Mrs. Taylor has a 13-year involvement in association activity. In 1963 she joined UEA; in 1966 she became a faculty representative at Spanish Span-ish Fork High; in 1968-69 she became president-elect of the Nebo Education Association; Associ-ation; she assumed the presidency presi-dency of that association a year later after which she became a member of the UEA Board of Trustees. She was elected UEA president-elect in 1975. Prior to her assignment at Spanish Fork High School, she taught at Central Junior High in Springville, 1963, and the following year taught at Dixon Junior High. She began teaching at Spanish Fork High School in 1964. Mrs. Taylor graduated with her bachelors degree from Brigham Young University in 1962. She took her master's degree in library science in 1974. Mrs. Taylor is married to Richard Taylor. , The couple have six children and reside in Spanish Fork. |