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Patterson was born near Seminole in Gaines County in far West Texas near the [[New Mexico]] border. His father was John Dee Patterson (1869-1966), a native of Fannin County in North Texas; his mother, J. D.'s first wife, the former Noda Eula Pollard (1879-1970), was originally from Gatesville in Coryell County in Central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Private_Patterson_records.ashx?pid=130251407|title=Paul I. Patterson|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> J. D. and Noda married on February 25, 1900, in Big Spring, in Howard County, also in West Texas.<ref name=judgepatterson/> There J. D. Patterson worked for a railroad and then operated a freight company.<ref name=oralhist>{{cite web|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/abstracts/1901.htm|title=Oral History interview: Fush Patterson, August 6, 1975|publisher=[[Texas Tech University]]|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

Patterson was born near Seminole in Gaines County in far West Texas near the [[New Mexico]] border. His father was John Dee Patterson (1869-1966), a native of Fannin County in North Texas; his mother, J. D.'s first wife, the former Noda Eula Pollard (1879-1970), was originally from Gatesville in Coryell County in Central Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.ancestry.com/Private_Patterson_records.ashx?pid=130251407|title=Paul I. Patterson|publisher=records.ancestry.com|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref> J. D. and Noda married on February 25, 1900, in Big Spring, in Howard County, also in West Texas.<ref name=judgepatterson/> There J. D. Patterson worked for a railroad and then operated a freight company.<ref name=oralhist>{{cite web|url=http://www.swco.ttu.edu/abstracts/1901.htm|title=Oral History interview: Fush Patterson, August 6, 1975|publisher=[[Texas Tech University]]|accessdate=April 4, 2014}}</ref>

The Patterson family moved south to Rankin in Upton County. For three terms J. D. was the elected county judg] for Upton County. After a divorce from Noda c. 1926, when Paul was still a teenager, J. D., at fifty-eight, wed the former Sarah Caroline Conway (1876-1971), a native of Erath County who was divorced from William Elmore Long (1867-1943).<ref name=sadiepatt>{{cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6465767|title=Sarah  "Sadie" Carolina Conway Long Patterson|publisher=''Mineral Wells Index''|date=June 24, 1971|accessdate=December 26, 2021}}</ref> J. D. and "Sadie", as she was known, wed on May 21, 1927, in [[Big Lake, Texas|Big Lake]] in [[Reagan County, Texas|Reagan County]], Texas. From this union, he acquired three stepdaughters and a stepson. J. D. and Sadie moved to [[Mineral Wells, Texas|Mineral Wells]] in [[Palo Pinto County, Texas|Palo Pinto County]], where he resided as a farmer for the nearly forty remaining years of his life. He and Sadie were members of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] denomination. "Judge" Patterson, as he was still known after he left office, is interred at Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells,<ref name=judgepatterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30126729|title=John Dee "Judge" Patterson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> along with his second wife, Sadie, who died at the age of ninety-five in [[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]] in [[Parker County, Texas|Parker County]].<ref name=sadiepatt/> Noda Patterson did not remarry; she died at the age of ninety-one, a year before Sadie. She is interred at Rankin Cemetery.<ref name=rankinburials/>

The Patterson family moved south to Rankin in Upton County. For three terms J. D. was the elected county judg] for Upton County. After a divorce from Noda c. 1926, when Paul was still a teenager, J. D., at fifty-eight, wed the former Sarah Caroline Conway (1876-1971), a native of Erath County who was divorced from William Elmore Long (1867-1943).<ref name=sadiepatt>{{cite web |url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6465767|title=Sarah  "Sadie" Carolina Conway Long Patterson|publisher=''Mineral Wells Index''|date=June 24, 1971|accessdate=December 26, 2021}}</ref> J. D. and "Sadie", as she was known, wed on May 21, 1927, in Big Lake in Reagan County. From this union, he acquired three stepdaughters and a stepson. J. D. and Sadie moved to Mineral Wells in Palo Pinto County, he [[Farming|farmed]] for the nearly forty remaining years of his life. He and Sadie were members of the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] denomination. "Judge" Patterson, as he was still known after he left office, is interred at Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells,<ref name=judgepatterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30126729|title=John Dee "Judge" Patterson|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref> along with his second wife, Sadie, who died at the age of ninety-five in Weatherford in Parker County west of [[Fort Worth]].<ref name=sadiepatt/> Noda Patterson did not remarry; she died at the age of ninety-one, a year before Sadie and is interred along with her son at Rankin Cemetery.<ref name=rankinburials/>

Paul Patterson graduated c. 1926 from [[Rankin High School (Texas)|Rankin High School]]. In 1935, he procured his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Sul Ross State University]] in [[Alpine, Texas|Alpine]], Texas, from which years later he was named a "Distinguished Alumnus". His graduate work was undertaken at several institutions, including the [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas]] at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Utah State University]] in [[Logan, Utah|Logan]], [[Utah]], the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]], and the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University at Buffalo]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (U.S. state)|New York]]. He also studied in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]], and [[Geneva, Switzerland|Geneva]], [[Switzerland]].<ref name=ppatterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.oaoa.com/community/obituaries/article_3feaa06c-1aaf-5a25-b2e8-17141234960c.html|title=Paul Patterson, March 16, 2008|publisher=''[[The Odessa American]]''|accessdate=April 3, 2014}}</ref>

Paul Patterson graduated c. 1926 from Rankin High School. In 1935, he procured his Bachelor of Arts degree from Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, from which years later he was named a "Distinguished Alumnus." His graduate work was undertaken at several institutions, including the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], [[Utah State University]] in Logan, [[Utah]], the [National Autonomous University of Mexico, and the University at Buffalo in [[Buffalo]], [[New York]]. He also studied in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]], and [[Geneva, Switzerland|Geneva]], [[Switzerland]].<ref name=ppatterson>{{cite web|url=http://www.oaoa.com/community/obituaries/article_3feaa06c-1aaf-5a25-b2e8-17141234960c.html|title=Paul Patterson, March 16, 2008|publisher=''The Odessa American''|accessdate=April 3, 2014}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], Patterson served as a [[Cryptography|cryptographer]] in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] with the [[Twelfth Air Force]] in the [[North African Theater of Operations]] and in [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]].<ref name=ppatterson/>

During [[World War II]], Patterson served as a [[Cryptography|cryptographer]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces with the Twelfth Air Force in the North African Theater of Operations and in the Italian Campaign.<ref name=ppatterson/>

==Author and educator==

==Author and educator==