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Richard Cunningham Patterson Jr. (1886-1966) —
also known as Richard C. Patterson, Jr. —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., January
31, 1886.
Democrat. Gold miner;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
New York City Commissioner of Correction, 1927-32; executive
vice-president and director, National Broadcasting
Co., 1932-36; chairman, Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) Corp., 1939-43;
chairman, Ogden Corp. (Utilities Power & Light Co.); delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1936,
1944,
1948;
U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1944-47; Guatemala, 1948-50; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1951-53.
Methodist.
Member, Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died September
30, 1966 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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