Isaac M. Taylor
Isaac Montrose Taylor (June 15, 1921 – November 3, 1996) was an American physician and academic who served as dean of the Medical School of the University of North Carolina from 1964 until 1971. His first marriage to Gertrude Woodard produced five children who all became professional musicians:[1] Alex (1947), James (1948), Kate (1949), Livingston (1950), and (1952).[2] Through his second marriage to Suzanne Francis Sheats, he fathered three more children: Andrew Preston (1983), Theodore Haynes (1986), and Julia Rose (1989).
Taylor was born in Morganton, NC. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MD from Harvard University. He served as the chief resident at Massachusetts General Hospital.[3] He then joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina Medical School before serving as dean for ten years.[1]
In 1955, he was drafted by the United States Navy and served in Antarctica as the medical officer for Operation Deep Freeze.[3]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Isaac M. Taylor, 75, Prominent Physician". The New York Times. 1996-11-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
- ^ "Hugh Taylor". James Taylor Online. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Trudy Taylor, 92, honed her sense of justice, independence in Chapel Hill". charlotteobserver. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
External links[]
- UNC School of Medicine History. It summarizes Taylor and his deanship as follows.
- The Papers of Isaac M. Taylor at Dartmouth College Library
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