Patricia M. Collins

Patricia M. Collins (April 14, 1927 – March 5, 2024) was an American civic leader and politician who served as the mayor of Caribou, Maine from 1981 to 1982.

Born Patricia McGuigan[1] in Colombia and raised in Port Jervis, New York,[2] Collins earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Maine in 1970[3] and a second bachelor's degree in art from the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

[4][7] In 1993 she was a member of the board's five-person search committee for a new University of Maine chancellor following the resignation of Robert Woodbury.

[4] Donald was the retired president of the S. W. Collins Company, a fifth-generation lumber business now led by two of their sons.

[1] Their daughter, Susan Collins, is currently serving her fifth term as the senior United States Senator from Maine.