Taitano served as a senator for six terms of the Guam Legislature.
[2] Taitano graduated from George Washington High School in 1940 and earned a Baccalaureate degree from Berea College in 1949.
[2] Taitano was appointed Director of the Guam Department of Finance and served from 1952 to 1961.
[2] Taitano first successfully ran as a senator in the Guam Legislature in 1966 and was reelected in 1968.
The Micronesian Area Research Center was named for Richard F. Taitano in 1997.