Taylor McKenzie was the first Navajo medical doctor (since 1958), the Vice President of the Navajo Nation

Navajo Nation

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 (1999–2003, under Kelsey A. Begaye

Kelsey A. Begaye

Kelsey A. Begaye was elected the fifth president of the Navajo Nation in 1998, defeating Joe Shirley, Jr. in the general election. Begaye was elected leader of the largest Indian tribe in the United States, on a platform of moral values based on Diné and Christian cultural traditions and an...

), and the first Navajo Nation Chief Medical Officer

Chief Medical Officer

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 (since 2006).

He was married to Betty McKenzie and they had nine children: Judith, Kathleen, Claire (Klumpenhower), Jeremy, Patrick, Marvin, Gilbert, Michael, and Edward. Son Edward is now a doctor at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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, United States

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External links

• Taylor McKenzie, first Navajo surgeon, dies at 76
• Former Navajo Vice President Taylor McKenzie, 76, dies...
• Nation mourns the passing of pioneer doctor Taylor McKenzie
• Hundreds Honor McKenzie
• National Deaths: Taylor McKenzie
• The Navajo tribe's first medical officer dead at 76