Patterson, Frederick D. (Frederick Douglass), 1901-1988

African American educational administrator and advocate.

From the description of Frederick D. Patterson papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132581

African American educator.

From the description of Papers, 1861-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28424351

College president.

From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick Douglass Patterson : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597255

From the description of Reminiscences of Frederick Douglass Patterson : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122586783

Biographical Note

• 1901, Oct. 10: Born, Washington, D.C.
• 1923: Doctor of veterinary medicine, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
• 1923 - 1927 : Instructor, veterinary science, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va.
• 1927: Master of science, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
• 1927 - 1928 : Director of agriculture, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Va.
• 1928 - 1933 : Head, Veterinary Division, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
• 1932: Doctor of philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
• 1933 - 1935 : Director, School of Agriculture, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
• 1935: Married Catherine E. Moton, daughter of Robert Russa Moton, second president of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
• 1935 - 1953 : President, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
• 1943 - 1944 : Established United Negro College Fund
• 1944: Published essay in What the Negro Wants, edited by Rayford W. Logan (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press. 352 pp.)
• 1953 - 1954 : Inspected and evaluated educational resources in Nigeria on behalf of the World Bank/International Bank Commission
• 1953 - 1958 : Director of Education, Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, N.Y.
• 1956: Co-editor with William Hardin Hughes of Robert Russa Moton of Hampton and Tuskegee (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press. 238 pp.)
• 1958 - 1970 : President, Phelps-Stokes Fund
• 1964 - 1966 : President, United Negro College Fund, New York, N.Y.
• 1969 - 1973 : President, Robert Russa Moton Memorial Institute, New York, N.Y.
• 1973 - 1984 : Director, College Endowment Funding Plan, New York, N.Y.
• 1976: Published College Endowment Funding Plan (Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education. 120 pp.)
• 1985: Received White House Private Sector Initiative Commendation
• 1987: Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 1988, Apr. 26: Died, New Rochelle, N.Y.
• 1991: Posthumous publication of Patterson's autobiography, Chronicles of Faith, edited by Martia Graham Goodson (Tuscaloosa, Ala.: University of Alabama Press. 220 pp.)

From the guide to the Frederick D. Paterson Papers, 1861-1988, (bulk 1965-1988), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)