He received a Moss Scholarship for his "accomplishments as an athlete, musician, writer, and student," which funded his research for his Master of Arts in 1936, also at Toronto.
[6] While president of the college, Taylor continued teaching courses in philosophy at Sarah Lawrence and also at the New School for Social Research.
[4] Taylor also worked with Eleanor Roosevelt, a supporter of Sarah Lawrence College, and Adlai Stevenson II as a special consultant on human rights issues.
[11] Harold Taylor was also known for walking around campus accompanied by his giant dog, a friendly and unofficial mascot at Sarah Lawrence College.
[14] As the fear of Communism spread and McCarthyism continued, more professors from Sarah Lawrence College, University of Chicago, Harvard, Amherst, and Wellesley were brought to the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee (also known as the Jenner Committee), leading to Sarah Lawrence and a handful of other educational institutions gaining the nickname "red school houses.
[14] Taylor hired a lawyer to defend and advise accused Sarah Lawrence faculty members, and organized the conference "Democracy and Communism in the Modern World," which brought together over 300 professionals and students from 40 educational institutions to discuss McCarthyism's attack on academic freedoms.
I believe that the most important possession we have at Sarah Lawrence College is our political and intellectual independence and our freedom to carry out a democratic educational program.
[4] In 1954, Taylor, faculty, staff, and students at Sarah Lawrence College petitioned to expel or censure Senator Joseph McCarthy.
[14] On February 27, 1954, Sarah Lawrence College held a conference to follow "Democracy and Communism in the Modern World."
He traveled internationally to meet with political and intellectual leaders and to speak on education and the problems the world faced.
[4] Taylor founded and served as director for the Center for International Service at Staten Island College and cofounded the National Committee for the Support of Public Schools.