# Morehead Patterson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Morehead_Patterson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Morehead_Patterson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehead_Patterson > Source revision: 1215533424 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American businessman, diplomat and inventor}} '''Morehead Patterson''' (October 9, 1897 – August 5, 1962) was an American businessman, a diplomat, an inventor, and president, CEO and chairman of [American Machine and Foundry](/source/American_Machine_and_Foundry), the company founded by his father [Rufus Patterson](/source/Rufus_L._Patterson_Jr.). ==Early life== Patterson was born in [Durham, North Carolina](/source/Durham%2C_North_Carolina) on October 9, 1897 but his family moved to New York City in 1899. He was the only son of [Rufus L. Patterson Jr.](/source/Rufus_L._Patterson_Jr.) and Margaret Warren "Madge" ({{nee}} Morehead) Patterson (1874–1968). His only sibling was Lucy Lathrop Patterson,{{cite news |title=LUCY DE RHAM |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/02/25/archives/john-a-coleman-philanthropist-big-board-chairman-dies-at-75.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=25 February 1977}} who married Casimir de Rham (a descendant of [Henry Casimir de Rham](/source/Henry_Casimir_de_Rham)).{{cite news |title=Wedding Notes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/09/14/archives/marriage-announcement-2-no-title.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=14 September 1919}} His paternal grandparents were [Rufus Lenoir Patterson](/source/Rufus_Lenoir_Patterson) and, his second wife, Mary Elizabeth ({{nee}} Fries) Patterson.{{cite book|editor-last=Powell|editor-first=William S.|title=Dictionary of North Carolina Biography|year=1994|volume=V|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|place=Chapel Hill, NC|pages=35–36|isbn=0-8078-2100-4}} His grandfather served as [Mayor of Salem, North Carolina](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Winston-Salem%2C_North_Carolina).{{cite web |title=Patterson, Rufus Lenoir |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/patterson-rufus-lenoir |website=www.ncpedia.org |publisher=[NCpedia](/source/NCpedia) |access-date=1 June 2023}} His maternal grandparents were Lucy Cornelia Lathrop and Robert Lindsay Morehead (the youngest son of [North Carolina Governor](/source/Governor_of_North_Carolina) [John Motley Morehead](/source/John_Motley_Morehead) of [Blandwood](/source/Blandwood_Mansion_and_Gardens)).{{cite news |title=MRS. RUFUS PATTERSON |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/08/05/archives/mrs-rufus-patterson.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=5 August 1968}} After attending the [Groton School](/source/Groton_School), he matriculated at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University) and [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), earning a law degree from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in 1924. ==Career== In 1941, his father retired as president of AMF and became chairman of the board of directors. Morehead replaced him as president and following the elder Patterson's death in 1943, Morehead replaced him as chairman of the board and was succeeded as president by Herbert H. Leonard (former president of the Consolidated Packaging Machinery Corporation of [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York)).{{cite news |title=Elected to Presidency Of Machinery Company |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/11/16/archives/elected-to-presidency-of-machinery-company.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=16 November 1943}} Patterson led expansion of AMF from $5 million a year company to $500 million a year conglomerate.{{cite news |last1=Bedingfield |first1=Robert E. |title=Personality: Silver Spoon Was Not Enough; Morehead Patterson Greatly Widened A.M.F.'s Scope 280 Million Business Was Rated at Only 5 Million in 1941 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/17/archives/personality-silver-spoon-was-not-enough-morehead-patterson-greatly.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=17 January 1960}} In 1959, Patterson was elected chairman of the [Brookings Institution](/source/Brookings_Institution). With the rank of Ambassador, he represented the United States at the United Nations Committee on Disarmament in 1954 and at the [International Atomic Energy Agency](/source/International_Atomic_Energy_Agency) Negotiations in London in 1954 and 1955.{{cite web |title=Foreign Relations of the United States, 1955–1957, Western Europe and Canada, Volume XXVII |url=https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1955-57v27/d165 |website=history.state.gov |publisher=[Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute United States Department of State](/source/United_States_Department_of_State) |access-date=1 June 2023}} He also served as chairman of the Nuclear Standards Board of the American Standards Association. ==Personal life== In 1921, Patterson was married to Elsie Parsons, a daughter of [Herbert Parsons](/source/Herbert_Parsons_(New_York_politician)) and [Elsie Clews Parsons](/source/Elsie_Clews_Parsons).{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to The New York |title=MISS ELSIE PARSONS MARRIED IN LENOX; Society Throng at Her Wedding to Morehead Patterson of New York in Trinity Church. LOUISE DELANO A BRIDE Washington Girl Weds Col. Sherwood A. Cheney, U.S.A., in Stockbridge--200 at Reception. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1921/09/11/archives/miss-elsie-parsons-married-in-lenox-society-throng-at-her-wedding.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=11 September 1921}} Before their divorce in 1929, they were the parents of: * Rufus Lenoir Patterson III (1922–1944),{{cite news |title=Lieut. R.L. Patterson 3d Killed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/12/07/archives/lieut-rl-patterson-3d-killed.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=7 December 1944}} a Lieutenant with the [USAAF](/source/USAAF) who was [killed in action](/source/killed_in_action) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II); he married Mae Gouverneur [Cadwalader](/source/Cadwalader_family), daughter of [Gouverneur Cadwalader](/source/Gouverneur_Cadwalader) in 1942.{{cite news |last1=TIMES |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK |title=MAE CADWALADER BECOMES A BRIDE; Fort Washington, Pa., Girl Is Married in Whitemarsh to Rufus L. Patterson 3d HAS ELEVEN ATTENDANTS: Miss Minnie Cadwalader Maid of HonorL J. J. Higginson Serves as Best Man |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/07/12/archives/mae-cadwalader-becomes-a-bride-fort-washington-pa-girl-is-married.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=12 July 1942}} * [Herbert Parsons Patterson](/source/Herbert_Parsons_Patterson) (1925–1985),{{cite news |last1=Blair |first1=William G. |title=H.P. PATTERSON, BANKER, IS DEAD |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/31/nyregion/hp-patterson-banker-is-dead.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=31 January 1985}} who became president of the [Chase Manhattan Bank](/source/Chase_Manhattan_Bank) in 1968.{{cite news |last1=Heinemann |first1=H. Erich |title=David Rockefeller Moves Up at Chase; Patterson, 43, Gets Post as President David Rockefeller and Patterson Elected to New Posts at Chase |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/10/31/archives/david-rockefeller-moves-up-at-chase-patterson-43-gets-post-as.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=31 October 1968}}{{cite news |title=Herbert Parsons Patterson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/10/13/archives/herbert-parsons-patterson.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=13 October 1972}} In 1945, he married Helen Isabelle ({{nee}} Mitchell) Clark (1909–1955), a daughter of journalist Roscoe Conklin Mitchell and Clara Belle ({{nee}} Howland) Mitchell,{{cite news |title=MRS. PATTERSON DEAD; Wife of Eisenhower Adviser on Atomic Energy Was 46 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/09/19/archives/i-mrs-patterson-dead-i-iwife-of-eisenhower-adviseri-l-on-atomic.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=19 September 1955}} in 1945.{{cite news |title=MRS. H.M. CLARK WED; Becomes Bride in Washington of Morehead Patterson |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/06/30/archives/mrs-hm-clark-wed-becomes-bride-in-washington-of-morehead-patterson.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=30 June 1945}} After her death in 1955, he married Margaret Morgan ({{nee}} Tilt) Jacob (1903–1996), the former wife of Dr. Arthur D. Bissell and Walter Phelps Jacob who was a daughter of automaker and [Diamond T](/source/Diamond_T) founder Charles Arthur Tilt and Agnes Josephine ({{nee}} Morgan) Tilt,{{cite news |title=MRS. BISSELL IS MARRIED; Former Margaret Tilt Wed to Walter Phelps Jacob |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/10/archives/mrs-bissell-is-married-former-margaret-tilt-wed-to-walter-phelps.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=10 January 1945}} in 1956. Patterson died on August 5, 1962.{{cite news |title=Morehead Patterson, 64, Dies; Chairman of American Machine; Inventor and Diplomat Guided Expansion of A.M.F. Into a 500-Million Giant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/08/06/archives/morehead-patterson-64-dies-chairman-of-american-machine-inventor.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=6 August 1962}} == References == {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== *[https://archives.nypl.org/mss/2352 Morehead Patterson scrapbook: 1908-1920] at [The New York Public Library](/source/The_New_York_Public_Library) {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Morehead}} Category:1897 births Category:1962 deaths Category:American chief executives Category:Businesspeople from Durham, North Carolina Category:Harvard Law School alumni Category:Yale University alumni Category:20th-century American inventors Category:20th-century American businesspeople --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Morehead Patterson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehead_Patterson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehead_Patterson?action=history)). 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