Background

Patterson, David Sands was born on April 26, 1937 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of James Tyler Junior and Sarah (Sands) Patterson.

Education

Bachelor, Yale University, l959; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, l962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, l968.

Career

Teacher, Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut, l959-6l; instructor history, Ohio State University, Columbus, l965-69; assistant professor of history, University of Illinois, Chicago, l969-7l; assistant professor of history, Rice U., Houston, l97l-76; visiting associate professor of history, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, l976-78; historian Office Historian,, Department State, Washington, l978-84; chief operations staff, Department State, Washington, 1984-1990; chief arms control and economics division, since 1991. Visiting professor American history Johns Hopkins University, Nanjing U. Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, China, 1990-1991.

Membership

Member chancel choir Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, l98l—, deacon, l984-87. Member Council on Peace Research in History (president 1986-1990), Society for Historians American Foreign Relations (chairman Kuehl prize committee 1987-1989, Bernath lecturer 1978), Association for Documentary Editing.

Connections

Married Mary Margaret Sharp, June 15, 1968. 1 child, Scott Sutton.

father:

James Tyler Patterson Junior

mother:

Sarah (Sands) Patterson

spouse:

Mary Margaret Sharp

child:

Scott Sutton Patterson