BAXTER S. PATRICK ’36

BAXTER S. PATRICK, 98, director of alumni relations at Wesleyan from 1956 to 1968 and an avid amateur violinist, died Aug. 12, 2011. A member of Delta Sigma, he received a master’s degree from Columbia University. After teaching high school English for several years, he pursued an administrative career that include service as an FBI agent during World War II, a personnel officer, and a dean at Antioch College, in addition to his position at Wesleyan. He later became a commercial real estate broker and entrepreneur. In 1983 he moved to North Carolina, where he was a strong supporter of music and continued to perform on the violin. His wife, Grace Farley, predeceased him, as did one son. He is survived by two sons, including James B. Patrick II ’66, and a granddaughter.