Background
Patterson, Samuel Howard was born on July 23, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel A. and Sara C. (Clagett) Patterson.
Patterson, Samuel Howard was born on July 23, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Samuel A. and Sara C. (Clagett) Patterson.
Graduate Philadelphia School Pedagogy, 1911. Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1914, Master of Arts, 1916, Doctor of Philosophy, 1922.
Teacher in elementary schools, Philadelphia, 1911-1914, West. Philadelphia High School, 1914-1920. Instructor in economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1920-1922, assistant professor, 1922-1928, professor from 1928, also department chairman economics, 1932-1938. Visiting professor summer school, Columbia, 1935, 36, 37, 38.
United States Army Officer School, 1918.
Consulting editor McGraw-Hill Book Company and Farrar and Rinehart. Editor Social Science Public Company.
Director Sovereign Investors, Incorporated. Past vice president, member board of managers, Armstrong Association, Philadelphia Public panel member, Third Regional War Labor Board.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (chairman of the section K. Member American Economics Association, American Academy Political and Social Science, National Council Social Studies, National Academy Economics and Political Science (director), Sons of the American Revolution, Theta Chi (director Alumni Corporation of Kappa chapter), Pi Gamma Mu (national treasurer 1931-1937. Mason.; Club: Schoolmen’s Overbrook Golf.
Married Mae East. Griffiths, June 18, 1924.