Background
Taylor, Patrick Franklin was born on June 12, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Son of Sibyl Partin Gayman.
Taylor, Patrick Franklin was born on June 12, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas, United States. Son of Sibyl Partin Gayman.
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1959. Doctor of Science (honorary), University New Orleans, 1988.
After working for independent oilman John West. Mecom, Senior, he established a consulting company. Along with Mecom, he founded the Circle Bar Drilling company in the 1970s. After Circle Bar was sold, he started Taylor Energy Company.
Taylor Energy became the largest privately held oil and gas company in the Gulf of Mexico.
Taylor had a strong interest in education and humanitarian causes. He developed and promoted the "Taylor Plan", adopted in Louisiana in 1998, which provides academically qualified students with state-paid tuition to college.
lieutenant is known as the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, or Total Operations Processing System for short. In 1997, State Representative Charles R. McDonald of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish joined in a bipartisan fashion with Republican Governor Murphy J. Foster, Junior., to procure passage of Acting 1375, a plan which opened the Total Operations Processing System scholarships to all with a 2.5 grade point average and at least a score of 19 on the ACT. Family income was removed as a consideration for eligibility.
Those with higher grades received $400 to $800 in extra funding to help meet the costs of other college expenses.
McDonald"s legislation was approved unanimously in both the House and Senate. In the 2002 legislative session, Governor Foster credited freshman Representative Tom Capella of Jefferson Parish, now the parish tax assessor, with saving Total Operations Processing System from the budget axe. In 2004, Taylor was named #234 to the Forbes 400, a list compiled by Forbes magazine of the 400 richest Americans.
Taylor donated the statue of "Iron Mike" to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.
Before his death in 2004, the Taylor Science and Technology Academy in Jefferson, Louisiana, was named in his honor. Taylor"s widowed wife continues to play a close role with the school, visiting often, taking part in graduations, and accompanying students on trips to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.
In 2009, Taylor was posthumously inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, Louisiana. Taylor Science and Technology Academy Taylor Building on Louisiana State University"s campus Taylor Hope Lodge.
Board directors United States Coast Guard Foundation, New Orleans, 1988, Louisiana Association Business & Industry, since 1989, Junior Achievemetn of Southeast Louisiana, New Orleans, 1987-1988. Chairman Greater New Orleans Convention Fund, 1988. Finance chairman Republican National Convention, New Orleans, 1988.
Board directors Institute for Human Understanding, New Orleans, 1987-1988. Chairman March of Dimes "TeamWalk", New Orleans, 1985-1988, others. Established "Taylor's Kids" progressive for scholarship, New Orleans, since 1988, Taylor Plan, since 1989.
With United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1957-1959. Member Society Petroleum Engineers, American Institute of Mining, American Petroleum Institute, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, International Trade Mart, National Ocean Indiana Association, Louisiana State University Ports and Waterway Institute (advisory council), Young Men’s Christian Association Century Club, New Orleans Petroleum Club, Navy League of the United States, Business Council New Orleans and River Region, Metairie Country Club, Plimsoll Club, City Club of New Orleans, others.
Married Phyllis Diane Miller Taylor, December 16, 1966.