Background
Patton, James Richard was born on October 27, 1928 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Ralph and Bertha (Moye) Patton.
Patton, James Richard was born on October 27, 1928 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Ralph and Bertha (Moye) Patton.
AB cum laude, U. North Carolina, 1948; postgraduate, Yale University, 1948; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1951.
Attache of, Embassy
special assistant to, American ambassador to, Indochina, 1952-1954;
with, Office National Estimates, Washington, 1954-1955;
attorney, Covington & Burling, Washington, 1956-1961;
founding partner, chairman of the executive committee, Patton Boggs, LLP, Washington, since 1962. Lecturer international law Cornell Law School, 1963-1964, United States Army Command andGen. Staff College, 1967-1968.
Member National Security Forum, United States Air War College, 1965, National Strategy Seminar, United States Army War College, 1967-1970, Global Strategy Discussions, United States Naval War College, 1968, Defense Orientation Conference, 1972. Member Committee of 100 on Federal City, Washington. Member of advisory council on national security and international affairs National Republican Committee, 1977-1981.
Board directors Madeira School, Greenway, Virginia, 1975-1981, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, Legal Aid Society Washington. Mem.Industry Policy Advisory Committee for Trade Policy Matters, 1984-1987. Councillor of Atlantic Council of the United States, 1987-1990.
Member visiting committee Ackland Art Museum U. North Carolina, since 1987, National Council Anderson Ranch Arts Center, since 1987.
Advisory county member Johns Hopkins University School Advanced International Studies, 1989-1992. National board directors Aspen Museum, 1987-1990. National county member Whitney Museum, since 1992.
Board directors, Executive Committee National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian, since 1992. Trustee Aspen Music Associations, since 1993. Member American Bar Association (past committee chairman), Inter-American Bar Association (past delegate), International Law Association (past committee chairman), American Society International Law (treasurer, executive county), Washington Institute Foreign Affairs, National Gallery (collectors committee 1988-1991), Gerrard Society, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa, AlphaEpsilon Delta.
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Married Mary Margot Maughan, December 29,1950. Children: James Macon, Lindsay Fairfield.