Background
Patterson, John C. was born on December 1, 1918 in Freehold, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Corlies and Iris Cora (Harvey) Patterson.
Patterson, John C. was born on December 1, 1918 in Freehold, New Jersey, United States. Son of William Corlies and Iris Cora (Harvey) Patterson.
Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, 1942.
Intern Fitkin Hospital, Neptune, New Jersey, 1942-1943. Resident Veterans Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, 1946-1948. Practice medicine, specializing in psychiatry, 1948-1959, Independence, Iowa, 1960-1962, Augusta, Maine, 1963-1971.
Staff member, chief psychiatrist VA Mental Hygiene Clinic, Philadelphia, 1949-1959. Staff psychiatrist Jefferson Medical College, 1949-1959. Member psychiatric visiting staff Philadelphia General Hospital, 1950-1959.
Director out-patient services Mental Health Institute, Independence, 1959-1962. Superintendent Augusta State Hospital, 1963-1971. Director Freehold (New Jersey) Psychiatric Clinic, 1972-1980.
Attending in psychiatry Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey, from 1972. Clinical associate professor psychiatry Rutgers Medical School, since 1973.
Served to major, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (life). Member New Jersey Psychiatric Association (past president), American Medical Association.
Clubs: Rotary.
Married Inez Decker, August 7, 1948. Children: Marie Harvey, Laura Jane, Mary Iris, John William.