Background

Nicholson, Patrick James was born on November 28, 1920 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of John Joseph and Mary Ellen (Brennan) Nicholson.

Education

Bachelor, Rice University, 1942. Industrial Administrator, Harvard, 1943. Master of Business Administration with distinction, Harvard, 1946.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Houston, 1959.

Career

Personnel assistant, Freeport Sulphur Company, New Orleans, 1946-1947; consultant communications, various public relations firms, Houston, 1947-1956; lecturer management, U. Houston, 1951-1956; executive director development, assistant to president, U. Houston, 1956-1957; vice president university development, U. Houston, 1957-1978; vice president public information and university relations, U. Houston System, 1978-1980; special assistant to president, U. Houston System, 1980-1981; executive director, assistant secretary, U. Houston Foundation, 1970-1980. President, director Mount Vernon Public Company, since 1962. President Institute Ophthalmology, Texas Medical Center, 1963-1966, 72-, Astronaut Fund for Scientific Scholarships, since 1975.

Achievements

• Patrick James Nicholson has been listed as a notable university administrator, president, author by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Mr. Jim: The Biography of James Smither Abercombie

    (1983: by Patrick Nicholson- The author takes you back to ...)

  • William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute

    (Architect for Rice Institute in Houston, Texas. Free trac...)

  • The iron butterfly and other stories
  • The divers of Acapulco and other stories

    (Book by Nicholson, Patrick James)

  • In Time: Anecdotal History of the First Fifty Years of the University of Houston

    (Book by Nicholson, Patrick J.)

  • SOCIAL DIRECTORY OF HOUSTON 1994
  • The Divers of Acapulco and Other Stories
  • William Ward Watkin and the Rice Institute by Nicholson, Patrick James (1991) Hardcover

Membership

Board directors, president Monsignor John T. Nicholson Fund, since 1969. Member advisory board Southern Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres, since 1990. President Astronaut Fund for Science Scholarships, since 1978.

Vice president Cecil Amelia Blaffer Foundation, since 1972. With Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Lieutenant colonel Military Intelligence Reserve.

Fellow Texas Academy of Sciences. Member Public Relations Society of America, American, Texas, Southwest psychological associations, Academy Management, American College Public Relations Association (president 1965-1966), New York Academy of Sciences, Pith Helmet Society (founder 1957, president 1961-1962), Houston Council World Affairs (director, president 1966-1968), Yeats Association, Houston Philosophical Society, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Kiwanis, Houston Country, Houston, University (Houston).

Headliners (Austin); Harvard (New York City).

Connections

Married Anne Stevenson, December 26, 1951 (divorced 1962, annulled 1969). Married Barbara Mary Simmons, 1965. 1 son, Michael Patrick James.

Father:

John Joseph Nicholson

Mother:

Mary Ellen (Brennan) Nicholson

Spouse:

Barbara Mary Simmons

Spouse:

Anne Stevenson