Background
III, Wesley Ennis Patton, was born on January 8, 1939 in Florence, Alabama, United States. Son of Wesley E. Junior and Mary (Sammons) P.
III, Wesley Ennis Patton, was born on January 8, 1939 in Florence, Alabama, United States. Son of Wesley E. Junior and Mary (Sammons) P.
Bachelor of Science in Marketing, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1961. Master of Arts in Marketing, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing, University Colorado, 1978.
Vice president, general manager, sales manager, Campbell Motors Inc., Florence, Alabama, 1965-1975; instructor marketing, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1975-1978; assistant professor marketing, Walker College Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 1978-1980; associate professor marketing, Walker College Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, 1980-1985; professor marketing, Walker College Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, since 1985. Speaker and consultant in field.
Supervisor mountain tourism project for Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina Center for Population and Urban-Rural Studies. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1961-1965. Member American Marketing Association, Academy Marketing Science, Southern Marketing Association (name change task force 1982, track chairman marketing management 1982, vice president 1985-1986, trach chairman marketing research 1990, Steven Shaw award 1981, 95), Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Automobile Dealers Association Alabama (board directors 1968-1975, executive committee 1974-1975, secretary-treasurer 1974, vice president-elect 1975), Pi Sigma Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma, Chi Alpha Phi.
Married Lynn Vickey Patton, October 10, 1964.