James Joseph Patterson

James Joseph Patterson (1923–1992) was an American newspaper executive who was part of an influential publishing family. Life James J. Patterson was born in England in 1923, and raised in Ossining, New York. He was the only son of Joseph Medill Patterson, the founder of the New York Daily News, and his wife Mary King. She was the first female editor of the Chicago Tribune. He was the great-grandson of Joseph Medill, owner of the Chicago Tribune and mayor of Chicago. Patterson graduated from West Point in 1944. He served during World War II, achieving the rank of captain in the United States Army. In April 1944, his engagement was announced to Dorothy Marie Clarke (born May 4, 1922). They had first met in a grade school run by St. Augustine Catholic Church in Ossining. Her father was a prison guard at Sing Sing and he had 14 siblings. They were married on June 10, 1944, in the Catholic Church.