Herbert Parsons Patterson (September 3, 1925 – January 29, 1985), was an American banker who served as president of the Chase Manhattan Bank.
[2] His elder brother was Rufus Lenoir Patterson III,[3] a Lieutenant with the USAAF who was killed in action during World War II.
[11] In July 1949, Patterson was married to Louise Sargent (née Oakey) McVeigh (1925–1968), an operatic and concert soprano, at the River Club.
[13] Her only attended was her sister, Joan Oakey Benjamin (wife of Samuel Nicoll Benjamin),[a] and his best man was his cousin, Casimir de Rham Jr.[b][12] Louise's grandmother, Ellen (née Sargent) Oakey, was a cousin of the artist John Singer Sargent.
[10] Patricia, the former wife of Bruce A. Norris (owner of the Detroit Red Wings), was a daughter of Chester Ames Shephard of New York and Pebble Beach, where he was a real‐estate investor.