HESI 418B2015 HESI - Frederick Patterson

Biography  Born October 10, 1901 in Washington DC  Died April 26, 1988  Youngest of six children  Three Educational Degrees:  Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine – Iowa State  Master of Science – Iowa State  Doctorate of Philosophy – Cornell University  President of Tuskegee University  Founded the United Negro College FundMotivation for Leadership  “I felt (as I always have) that blacks ought to engage in business more often” – Frederick D. PattersonPersonal Obstacles  Orphaned at 2 years old due to Tubercolsis  Bounced from family member to family member  Oldest sister Bess became main guardian after college graduation  Racial Tensions at Iowa State College  While in the Student Army Corps Patterson Sat in black area of diner and was judged by the white members  “I learned a lesson with regard to race that I never forgot: how people feel about you reflects the way you permit yourself to be treated. If you permit yourself to be treated differently, you are condemned to an unequal relationship.”Organizations Lead  Tuskegee Institute  Phelps Stokes Fund  Robert R. Moton Institute  United Negro College FundTuskegee Institute  Private, HBCU  Founded 1881 w/ Booker T. Washington as Principal  Patterson was President from  Constant financial struggles  School hospital ran up $150,000 deficit; Patterson converted to $300,000 profit by creating the Five Year Plan  Responsible for Tuskegee Airmen