Background
Patterson, Grove Hiram was born on November 5, 1881 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Son of Joseph Stephen and Nellie Maria (Sayles) Patterson.
Patterson, Grove Hiram was born on November 5, 1881 in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. Son of Joseph Stephen and Nellie Maria (Sayles) Patterson.
Preparatory education, high school, Carlyle, Illinois, and Oberlin Academy. Student Syracuse University, 1901-1902. Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1905, Master of Arts (honorary), 1925, Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), 1953.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Lincoln Memorial University, 1931.
Doctor of Letters, Defiance College, 1932, Boston University, 1948. Doctor of Laws, University Toledo, 1939.
Doctor of Laws, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1940 Doctor of Laws, Ohio State University, 1951.
Stepson, Thomas Irving Belford. On staff, and associate editor Lorain (O.) Times-Herald, 1905-1908. Copyreader and night city editor Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1908-1909.
Managing editor Toledo Times, 1909-1910.
News editor Toledo Blade, 1910-1917, managing editor, 1917-1919, executive editor, 1920-1926, editor, 1926-1946, editor in chief since 1946. Editorial manager Newark (New Jersey) Star Eagle, 1916-1924, and Detroit (Michigan) Journal, 1919-1922 (both under same management as the Blade).
Trustee Oberlin College. Past president Toledo Young Men's Christian Association (member international committee).
Ex-president American Society Newspaper Editors.
Member Sigma Delta Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Member South.R. (Toledo), past president Ohio State Society South.R. Made. Clubs: Toledo, Rotary.
Married Esther Argue, April.