TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR DR. R. CAUGHMAN TAYLOR, THE INTERIM DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND TO WELCOME HIM TO THE STATE HOUSE.
Whereas, the members of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina are pleased to welcome Dr. Caughman Taylor to the State House and to express their gratitude to him for his service as the interim dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine; and
Whereas, Dr. Taylor graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his residency training in pediatrics at the University of South Carolina/Palmetto Health; and
Whereas, after several years in private practice in Rock Hill and Columbia, he accepted an invitation to join the faculty at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1991; and
Whereas, Dr. Taylor has served as the chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine since 2007 and as the William Weston Professor of Pediatrics; and
Whereas, the senior medical director of the Palmetto Health Children's Hospital since 2003, Dr. Taylor assumed the role of interim dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in November 2013; and
Whereas, as the interim dean, he will lead the School of Medicine in a national search to find a permanent dean while he continues to serve as the senior medical director of the Children's Hospital; and
Whereas, Dr. Taylor has maintained strong ties to the school for more than three decades, serving for fifteen years as the residency director of pediatrics; and
Whereas, he is the recent past president of the Columbia Medical Society and the South Carolina Children`s Hospital Collaborative and has also served as the president of the South Carolina American Academy of Pediatrics; and
Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the distinguished service that Caughman Taylor has provided the citizens of the Palmetto State and express gratitude to him for his dedicated work as interim dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor Dr. R. Caughman Taylor, the interim dean of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, and welcome him to the State House.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Dr. R. Caughman Taylor.