Background
Patterson, William Robert was born on February 25, 1924 in Wathena, Kansas, United States. Son of George Richard and Jessie (Broadbent) Patterson.
Patterson, William Robert was born on February 25, 1924 in Wathena, Kansas, United States. Son of George Richard and Jessie (Broadbent) Patterson.
Student, University Rochester, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Arts, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1947; Bachelor of Laws with distinction, Duke U., 1950.
Worked at Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Mortgages, Partnership Taxation, Real Estate. Admitted to the bar, 1951, Georgia. 1962, District of Columbia.
Order of the Coif.
Member, 1973-1987 and Chairman, 1977-1987, Board of Visitors, Duke University Law School. Member, Board of Trustees, 1967-1990, President, 1974-1975 and Chairman, 1975-1976, Southern Federal Tax Institute. Member, Board of Trustees, 1977-1982 and President, 1981-1982, Atlanta Tax Forum.
Member, Board of Trustees, 1980-1983 and President, 1980-1982, Georgia Tax Conference.
Member: American Law Institute. American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1986-1990).
Fellow, American College of Mortgage Attorneys (Member, Board of Regents, 1993. President-Elect, 1996).
Member of the board visitors Duke U. Law School, 1973-1987, chairman, 1977-1987, life member, since 1987. Trustee Pace Academy, Atlanta, 1958-1989, trustee emeritus, since 1989. Member development board Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1976-1979, trustee, 1980-1989.
Elder Trinity Presbyterian Church, Atlanta. With United States Navy, 1942-1946. Fellow American College Mortgage Attorneys (board regents since 1993, president since 1997).
Member American Bar Association, Georgia State Bar, Atlanta Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American College Real Estate Lawyers (Board of Governors 1987-1990), American Law Institute, Southern Federal Tax Institute (trustee 1957-1990, advisory trustee since 1990, president 1974-1975, chairman 1975-1976), Atlanta Tax Forum (trustee 1977-1983, president 1981-1982), Order of Coif, Cherokee Town and Country Club, Commerce Club, Peachtree Club.
Married Lee Rhyne, August 16, 1947. Children: Martha, Robert, Elizabeth.