life trustee of Northwestern University, and helped establish the Northwestern University Transportation Center in 1954. Patterson received the Tony Jannus Award in 1968 for his distinguished contributions to commercial aviation. In 1976, for his contributions to aviation Patterson was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio. Patterson was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1980. Near the end of his life, he was honored with the creation of the William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation through the gifts of more than 12,000 individual and corporate donors. After his death in 1980, the Patterson Endowment established an annual Patterson Lecture and provided other research support. In 2006, Patterson was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. See also United Airlines References External links 1899 births 1980 deaths United Airlines people People from Hawaii