Donald Scott Patterson

Background

Patterson, Donald Scott was born on January 4, 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Glenn Scott and Leola Catherine (Atkinson) Patterson.

Education

AB, University of Michigan Literature Science & Arts College, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, University of Michigan, 1940.

Career

Intern, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1940-1941; resident, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1945-1946; resident, VA, Palo Alto, California, 1946-1948; psychiatrist, private practice, Santa Barbara, California, since 1948. Honorary staff member St. Francis Hospital, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, department chair, 1948-1949. Attending psychiatrist VA Regional Office, Santa Barbara, 1948-1949.

Consultant California Youth Authority Ventura School for Girls, 1948-1950, consultant administrative law judge Office of Hearings and Appleas, Santa Barabra, since 1984. Member medical panel-court psychiatrists Companies of Santa Barbara Venture, since 1949. Clinical director Santa Barbara General Hospital, 1949-1978.

Achievements

• Donald Scott Patterson has been listed as a noteworthy psychiatrist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant colonel United States Army Medical Corps, 1941-1946. Member American Psychiatric Association (life), Southern California Psychiatric Association (life), American Academy Psychiatry & Law, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Jane Garard Rodman Ketron, July 23, 1950.

Father:

Glenn Scott Patterson

Mother:

Leola Catherine (Atkinson) Patterson

Spouse:

Jane Garard Rodman Ketron