Patterson housed William L. Marbury Jr. , at his Georgetown home . After the war , he recommended Marbury to succeed him at the United Nations ; upon advice from Alger Hiss , Marbury declined . ( Marbury soon thereafter represented Hiss in his slander case against Whittaker Chambers . ) Patterson died on January 22 , 1952 , returning from meeting a client , onboard American Airlines Flight 6780 which crashed on the approach to Newark Liberty International Airport in Elizabeth , New Jersey ; he was age 60
American Airlines Flight 6780
American Airlines Flight 6780
Robert P. Patterson