A letter from Taffy’s sister, Marjorie Anne Taft Favor (Annie)

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I am pleased to tell you a little about Taffy,  First the photos:  The first image is Taffy and her daughter Tracy a few years before her death.  The next photo is recent and is of son John with his 2 daughters (Nina '98 and Sarah) in new tie-dye outfits.  The fourth picture of John includes his wife, Annie, who is of Malaysian decent.  The three little boys are Tracy's sons Zach '99, Luke '01, and Ayden '04 .

After leaving Northfield, Taffy went to Dickinson College graduating Phi Beta Kappa in math in only three years.  She had several jobs including actuary-in-training at Met Life before becoming a full-time mother in 1965. 

In the early 1980's Taffy went back to work and quickly discovered an aptitude for programming.  She went to work for her brother, Robert Taft (Mt. Hermon '56) , and together they wrote "Easy Link," for Western Union, one of the first internet programs.  Years later, Western Union sold the program to AT&T, and it was used world-wide.  Taffy also did contracts for other important firms such as NBC before leaving her brother's firm to maintain and improve Easy Link for Western Union near her home in Ramsey, NJ. 

After her divorce, Taffy moved to Fairfield, Iowa, in August, 1989, with her son John.  She worked for Fairfield Software and devoted herself to Transcendental Meditation at nearby Maharishi University until her tragic death from a car accident early in 1993.