Background
Patton, Leslie Karr was born on September 6, 1898 in Senatobia, Mississippi, United States. Son of James Virgil and Fannie Trueheart (McKay) Patton.
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Leslie Karr Patton
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1924. AM, Emory University, 1929. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1040.
Career
Instructor mathematics, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1924-1927; assistant dean men, Emory University, 1928-1932; assistant to director admissions, Columbia University, New York City, 1935-1938; director personnel, professor psychology, Coe College, 1943-1944; dean college, professor education and psychology, Tusculum College, 1939-1943, 45-50; acting president, Tusculum College, 1950-1951; vice president, Tusculum College, 1951-1953; dean college, Center College, Fayette, Missouri, 1953-1955. Associate professor psychology East Tennessee State College, Johnson City, 1955-1957, professor, chairman education and psychology, 1957-1964, chairman emeritus, professor psychology, from 1965.
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Membership
Program director United Service Organizations, Army-Navy Young Men’s Christian Association, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, 1944-1945. Moderator Holston Presbytery, 1948-1949. With United States Navy, 1917-1919.
Member American Psychological Association, American Association of University Professors, National Education Association, East Tennessee Education Association (chairman college section 1947-1948), Tennessee Council Indiana and Church-Related Colleges (secretary-treasurer 1947-1949), Tennessee College Association (executive committee 1947-1948), Tennessee Education Association, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Rotary, Phi Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Pi, Sigma Chi.
Connections
Married Rachel Mary Cessna, June 7, 1930.
