Morehead Patterson (October 9, 1897 – August 5, 1962) was an American businessman, a diplomat, an inventor, and president, CEO and chairman of

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, the company founded by his father Rufus Patterson. Morehead Patterson, 64, Dies; Chairman of American Machine; Inventor and Diplomat Guided Expansion of A.M.F. Into a 500-Million Giant
/ref> Patterson led expansion of AMF from $5 million a year company to $500 million a year conglomerate. Patterson was also chairman of the

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(elected 1959). Patterson was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1897 and attended

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

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and

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, earning a law degree from

in 1924.

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