Ivan Taylor was a cheerful and well-liked pupil.  One classmate recalls:  "Ivan was a bouncy, chubby lad, always full of fun. He always had an appropriate witty remark --  friendly towards almost everyone he met, but at  the same time he was sharply intelligent . No one put anything over Ivan".

Ivan entered military service after leaving school.  Unfortunately he died in a road accident on 23 March, 1963, when he and a group of national servicemen were returning to Durban in a military truck. The 19 year old driver took a corner far too fast, and the vehicle rolled, killing Ivan and several others.

Ivan was a cousin of the late Harold Taylor, also in our year at DHS.