Frederick Winslow Taylor, the founder of scientific management, passed away on March 21, 1915, at the age of 59. Taylor was born on March 20, 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1878, he graduated from the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy, and went on to study at Harvard University in 1884. Taylor’s career began in 1874 when he started out as a shop clerk at the Midvale Steel Company. Taylor developed and implemented the scientific management theory in order to increase the efficiency of the workers and production quality, which quickly gained him applause from business leaders of the age. He is credited with introducing Standard Time, piece-rate payment systems, and ideas on how to optimize manufacturing processes for maximum efficiency and production quality. Taylor’s pioneering work was recognized worldwide, and he received honorary doctorates from Yale, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins Universities. In 1912, he was awarded the International Congress of Industrial Training gold medal. Taylor's legacy lives on today and he has been dubbed the "Father of Scientific Management". He believed that scientific methods of analysis should be utilized to determine the most efficient way of doing a task. Taylor's works have inspired management thinkers and practitioners all over the world to seek ways to bring efficiency and order to their operating environments. Taylor will be remembered for his dedication to scientific management and will be dearly missed.