Background
Patterson,, Hugh Baskin was born on February 8, 1915 in Cotton Plant, Mississippi, United States. Son of Hugh Baskin and Martha (Wilson) Patterson.
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Hugh Baskin Patterson
Edit ProfileEducation
Student, Henderson State Teachers College, 1933.
Career
Sales department Smith Printing Company, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1933-1936. Assistant to sales manager Democrat Printing & Lithographing Company, Little Rock, 1936-1938, promotion manager, 1940-1942. Sales department Art Metal Construction Company, New York City, 1938-1939.
Planning and production manager Rufus H. Darby Company (printers and publications), Washington, 1939-1940. Public Arkansas Gazette, 1948—1986. President, treasurer Arkansas Gazette Company.
President Arkansas Building Company.
Membership
Board directors Foreign Policy Association, Inc. Board visitors University Arkansas at Little Rock. Served to major United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946.
Member American Newspaper Publications Association, Southern Newspaper Publications Association (president 1959-1960), Inter American Press Association (director), Council Foreign Relations, International Press Institute, Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: Overseas Press, National Press, Little Rock Country.
Connections
Married Louise Caroline Heiskell, March 29, 1944 (divorced 1988). Children: Carrick Heiskell, Ralph Baskin. Married Olivia Owen Nisbet, 1992.
Stepchildren: A. Wyckliff, Olivia.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Democrat