Former professor, university administrator Taylor Littleton passes away

Longtime Auburn faculty member Taylor Littleton passed away on March 25.

After serving in the Korean War and completing his doctorate at Florida State University, Littleton joined the Auburn faculty in 1957. In addition to teaching, he served in many administrative positions during his 40 years at Auburn, including chair of the Department of English, dean of undergraduate studies and vice president of academic affairs. He also was named the W. Kelly Mosley Professor of Science and Humanities and was co-founder of the Littleton-Franklin lecture series.

Following his retirement from university service, Littleton was active in the organization and administration of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, serving as the first president of its advisory board. He also was one of the first retirees to offer courses in what is now the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, program, teaching regularly for more than 10 years on literary topics, especially Shakespeare and epic poetry.

Memorial services will be held Tuesday, April 4, at 2 p.m. in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Auburn.

Read Littleton's full obituary.