Steven W. Taylor
| Steven W. Taylor | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma | |
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In office September 24, 2004 – December 31, 2016 |
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| Succeeded by | Patrick Wyrick |
| District Judge, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma | |
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In office 1984–2004 |
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| Mayor, McAlester, Oklahoma | |
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In office 1982–1984 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 7, 1949 Henryetta, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Taylor |
| Children | Son, Wilson |
| Alma mater |
Oklahoma State University (B.A., 1971) University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., 1974) |
| Profession | Attorney, Judge |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1970-1978 |
| Rank | Major |
Steven W. Taylor (born June 7, 1949) is a retired Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He is a former mayor of McAlester, Oklahoma. Taylor was the presiding judge in the state trial of the Oklahoma City Bombing.
Steven Taylor was born in Henryetta, Oklahoma. During his high school years at McAlester High School in McAlester, Oklahoma, he served as the student body president and as member of the speech and debate team, and the state and national honor societies. He earned a B.A. in political science from Oklahoma State University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma. While a student at OSU, he was actively involved in student government and honor society and was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.
From 1970 to 1978, he served in the United States Marine Corps. During his military career, after his training as an infantry platoon commander, he served as a prosecutor, defense counsel, and ultimately as a Special Court Martial Judge. He became the youngest judge in the U.S. armed forces at the age of 28. He was later promoted to the rank of Major. In 1978, he married public school teacher Mary E. B. Taylor. They have one son, Wilson Taylor, who is the Manager of Team Operations for the NBA Oklahoma City Thunder. Following a two-year stint on the McAlester City Council, he served as the city's youngest mayor from 1982 to 1984. In 1983 he was named one of the "Three Outstanding Young Oklahomans. In 1985, the City of McAlester named its new industrial park the "Steven W. Taylor Industrial Park" in recognition of his economic development efforts as mayor. In recent years, Justice Taylor has been recognized as "Citizen of the Year" in McAlester. The Oklahoma Bar Association granted him the "Award of Judicial Excellence" in 2003.
He was inducted into the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame in 2007. The University of Oklahoma presented Justice Taylor its Regents Alumni Award in 2009; with this award, he became the only person ever to receive the highest alumni recognition of both Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma. Taylor serves on the Board of Visitors of the University of Oklahoma College of Law and was named to the OU College of Law Hall of Fame in 2017. He is the co-author of University of Oklahoma College of Law: A Centennial History a book published in 2009 detailing the 100-year history of the OU law school.
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