Morehead Patterson
 Morehead Patterson       (businessman, inventor, diplomat) | |
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| Born | October 9, 1897 Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Groton School, Yale University, Oxford University, Harvard University |
| Parents | • Rufus Lenoir Patterson • Margaret Patterson |
| Member of | Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members |
CEO of American Machine and Foundry, which he made one of the pillars of the US military-industrial complex, hiring former CIA director Walter Bedell Smith as vice-chairman. Attended the February 1957 Bilderberg | |
Morehead Patterson was an American businessman, a diplomat, an inventor, and president, CEO and chairman of American Machine and Foundry, the company founded by his father Rufus Patterson. Morehead made the company one of the pillars of the US military-industrial complex, hiring former CIA director Walter Bedell Smith as vice-chairman. [1]
Morehead Patterson attended the February 1957 Bilderberg meeting. He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and was Chairman of the Brookings Institution from 1959.
Background
Patterson was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1897 and attended Yale University, Oxford University and Harvard University, getting a law degree from Harvard University in 1924.[1]
Career
Patterson led expansion of AMF from $5 million a year company to $500 million a year conglomerate.[1] After World War II ended, Patterson determined that the company had to "grow or die".[2] One of AMF's post-World War II ventures was AMF Atomics: a division that made "low-dose irradiation equipment" for "the US Army Quartermaster Corps' bulk-food irradiation program".[3]
In a masterstroke of top executive recruitment, Patterson hired top US government cold warrior Walter Bedell Smith, whose leadership positions at the Pentagon, US State Department and CIA made AMF one of the pillars of the US military-industrial complex during the 1950s and 1960s. [2]
In the late 1950s, the company won a contract for designing and constructing "a small 1 MW swimming pool-type reactor" at the Soreq Nuclear Research Center in Israel, which for a short time helped the Israelis conceal the fact that they were also building the Negev Nuclear Research Center for military purposes elsewhere in the country with French assistance.[4]
AMF was the builder of the launching silos for the Titan and Atlas ICBMs, and also developed the rail-car launching system for the solid-fueled Minuteman missile.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the company ran neck-and-neck with General Dynamics in the construction of nuclear power reactors. AMF sold Pakistan and Iran their first nuclear reactors.[2] Peter Karter was among the engineers working on the reactors AMF built in Pakistan and Iran under the Atoms for Peace program.[5][6][7]
Deep state connections
Patterson was also chairman of the Brookings Institution (elected 1959).[1]
In the late 1950s, the AMF's vice-chairman was Walter Bedell Smith. He was formerly a US major general, Eisenhower's wartime chief-of-staff, and Harry Truman's ambassador to the Soviet Union. In the early 1950s he became the fourth director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
He member of advisory committee of the Rockefeller family's Chase Manhattan Bank 42d Saint Branch. United States representative International Atomic Energy Agency Negotiations (rank of ambassador), 1954-1955. [8]
In the 1960s, Patterson rented a mansion in Georgetown, Washington DC. While Patterson lived here, Clare Booth Luce stayed with the Pattersons during her visit to Washington.[9]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1957 February | 15 February 1957 | 17 February 1957 | US St Simons Island Georgia (State) | The earliest ever Bilderberg in the year, number 5, was also first one outside Europe. |
References
- ↑ a b c d Morehead Patterson, 64, Dies; Chairman of American Machine; Inventor and Diplomat Guided Expansion of A.M.F. Into a 500-Million Giant
- ↑ a b c "Diversified Success", Time, May 19, 1961
- ↑ http://blog.modernmechanix.com/amf-nuclear-engineering-brings-you-advanced-radiation-process-equipment/
- ↑ http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb510/
- ↑ Nucleonics, McGraw-Hill., vol. 21, 1963, p. 30
- ↑ "How to Dispose of Radioactive Wastes", Peter Karter, Electric Light & Power, 1967, Page 3
- ↑ "Mastermind of the MRF". Logsdon, Gene. BioCycle. Emmaus: April 1993. Vol. 34, Iss. 4; pg. 49, ff.
- ↑ https://prabook.com/web/morehead.patterson/1054082
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/07/georgetown-home-was-gathering-spot-washingtons-elite/
