C. H. Patterson

C. H. Patterson
Born	Cecil Holden Patterson June 22, 1912 Lynn, Massachusetts
Died	May 26, 2006 (aged 93)
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	University of Chicago (B.A.

C. H. (Cecil Holden) Patterson (June 22, 1912 – May 26, 2006) was born in Lynn, Massachusetts. He was an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. In addition, he was Professor Emeritus in Counseling at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He worked directly with Dr. Carl Rogers and practiced Person Centered (Rogerian) theory throughout his career.

He received his bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 1938, and his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1955. He was the author of many publications in the fields of educational psychology and counseling.

He served in the Army during World War II. In 1942, he married Frances Spano, a nutritionist whom he met at Fels Research Institute in Yellow Springs, Ohio. They had seven children. His second-eldest child is Francine Patterson, a researcher who taught a modified form of American Sign Language to a gorilla named Koko. He also loved good food and retired in the Asheville, NC area in later life where he established a well loved restaurant.