He developed and promoted the "Taylor Plan", adopted in Louisiana in 1998, which provides academically qualified students with state-paid tuition for college.

[4] On May 1, 2017, the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee approved a 2017-18 budget that fully funds TOPS but with another $237 million in reductions to health care and in spending by two other agencies, Corrections and Children and Family Services.

[6] Two months before his death in 2004, one of Taylor Energy's oil platforms was knocked over due to a underwater mudslide caused by Hurricane Ivan.

[7] Taylor donated the statue of "Iron Mike" to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia.

Phyllis Taylor continues to play a close role with the school, which she often visits, takes part in graduation observances, and joins students on trips to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.