Nicholson, Patrick James, 1921-

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Dr. Patrick James Nicholson (1921-1999) is best known as the author of In Time: An Anecdotal History of the First Fifty Years of the University of Houston . He received a BA from Rice University in 1942, an MBA from Harvard in 1946, and a Ph.D., from the University of Houston in 1959. Nicholson came to the University of Houston as a lecturer in Management in 1951. He continued until 1956, when he became Executive Director of Development and Assistant to the President. He was named Vice President of University Development in 1957, a position he maintained until his retirement in August of 1981. Honorary positions Nicholson held included Past President of the American College Public Relations Association; Past President of the Houston Council on World Affairs; Past President of the Institute of Ophthalmology, Texas Medical Center; and N.Y. Academy of Sciences. He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Sigma Xi; and Omicron Delta Kappa.

From the guide to the Dr. Patrick J. Nicholson Papers 1982-004., 1933-1979, (Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries)

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referencedIn Strange, Ray Watkin Hoagland, 1915-. Ray Watkin Strange research materials for "William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute" 1917-1985. Rice University, Fondren Library
creatorOf Dr. Patrick J. Nicholson Papers 1982-004., 1933-1979 Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
referencedIn Ray Watkin Strange Research Materials for, William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute MS 465., 1917-1985 Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University
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