he was selected to be on the staff of the Virginia Law Review. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1952. Marriages Patterson married the former Luise Franklin Wyatt at Richmond's First Baptist Church on June 14, 1952, in a ceremony officiated by the church's lead pastor, Theodore F. Adams. His father served as his best man. The couple later traveled north for their honeymoon. They went on to have three children: India, Robert III, and Margaret. Luise died in on January 17, 2001. Patterson later married Anne Marie Whittemore, a partner at McGuireWoods who served as his co-counsel in the VMI case, on November 15, 2003. In 1971, he was the only partner to oppose hiring Whittemore as an associate, voting on the basis of her sex, though he later admitted to having changed his mind about her. Later life and death On December 31, 1999, Patterson retired from the practice of law, devoting himself to volunteer work. Patterson's health began to decline after he suffered a stroke on February 18, 2011. He died on July 12, 2012, at VCU Medical Center in Richmond. Following services at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Goochland County, he was buried in the church cemetery alongside his first wife. References External links 1927 births 2012 deaths Lawyers from Richmond, Virginia United States Navy personnel of World War II University of Virginia School of Law alumni Virginia Military Institute alumni Virginia Republicans 20th-century American lawyers