Background
Patterson, Austin Mcdowell was born on May 31, 1876 in Damascus, Syria, of American parents. Son of John Fulton Hutchison (Doctor of Medicine and Charlotte Isabella (McDowell) P.
Patterson, Austin Mcdowell was born on May 31, 1876 in Damascus, Syria, of American parents. Son of John Fulton Hutchison (Doctor of Medicine and Charlotte Isabella (McDowell) P.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1897. Doctor of Philisophy, Johns Hopkins, 1900. Honorary Doctor of Science, Antioch, 1944.
Instructor in chemsitry, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, 1900-1901, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1901-1903. Chemistry editor Webster’s New International Dictionary, 1903-1953. Associate editor Chemical Abstracts, 1908-1909, editor, 1909-1914.
Professor of chemistry, Antioch College, 1921-1941, professor emeritus, since 1941, also vice president, 1930-1941, trustee 1941-1945.
Principal specialist in chemical education, Engineering, Science, and Management War Training, United States Office of Education, 1941-1943. Chemist, United States Chemical Warfare Service, 1918-1919.
Received award in Documentation of Chemistry, sponsored by Dayton section, American Chemical Society, 1949.
Member International Committee organic chemical nomenclature, 1924-1953. Member National Research Council, 1932-1941. Fellow American Association Advancement Science.
Member American Chemical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and Phi Lambda Upsilon fraternities.
United Presbyterian; Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Anne Elizabeth Bailey, May 31, 1911. Children: John Fulton (deceased), Elizabeth (deceased), James Fulton, Nancy Elder.