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Noted Polk Ob-Gyn
Dr. Dale L. Taylor, a past president of both the Polk County Medical Association and the Florida Obstetric and Gynecologic Society (FOGS), passed away at the age of 70 on September 17, 2007, of complications from diabetes.
An obstetrician-gynecologist, he practiced at Watson Clinic in Lakeland in a career that lasted from 1969 until 1995. He continued working with the clinic on quality and riskmanagement programs until 2003. The Nebraska native, often described as outspoken and firm in his opinions, was active in many professional organizations.
In addition to his leadership of the PCMA and the Florida Obstetric-Gynecologic Society, Taylor was past chairman of the Florida section of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) and past chairman of its District IV.
This year, he received the first ACOG District IV Lifetime Achievement Award. “He was a great guy, a very good doctor and a very good surgeon,” said Dr. Hank Jennings, who worked with Taylor for more than 20 years.
Taylor moved quickly to use new technologies, including minimally invasive laparoscopic diagnostic procedures, which he was doing when Jennings joined the clinic in 1971. “He was a very colorful person,” said Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, medical director at the clinic. “He was outspoken.”
While president of the Polk County Medical Association in 1989, Taylor helped lead a successful fight by PCMA and Watson Clinic to persuade the Lakeland Yacht and Country Club to allow women as full members.
At the time, women could join as associate members with fewer rights. "Gender discrimination should have gone out with Susan B. Anthony," Taylor said during that debate.
Taylor got involved in the issue when four female physicians asked for excused absences from professional meetings held at the club.
An unexpected backlash developed when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People criticized Watson Clinic for not having black physicians, which no longer is the case.
“He was a dynamic individual,” said Beverly Murphy, executive director of the Polk County Medical Association. “He was a very strong leader. When he found a cause, he was very outspoken.”
Taylor attended Cornell University Medical College, did an internship at Vanderbilt University Hospital and received his obstetrics-gynecology residency from the University of Michigan Hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Lisa, of Winter Haven; twin brother Dr. Dean Taylor, Baltimore; and six children.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Dr. Lee Taylor. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association or the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.