8 FABRICARE WHAT ’S HAPPENING JAMES E. PATTERSON, DLI PRESIDENT (1988-1989) AND OWNER OF YOUR VALET FINE DRYCLEANING IN LOGAN, UTAH, PASSED AWAY JANUARY 4 IN OGDEN, UTAH. He was 85 years old. Patterson graduated from High School in Marietta, Ohio, in 1950 and joined the United States Air Force, where he studied at the Russian Lan- guage School in Syracuse, New York. He served as a Russian language interpreter during the Korean War at bases in Anchorage and Adak Island, Alaska. Patterson married in 1956 after his tour of duty was complete. He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Geology at the University of Colorado and worked for two years with Pan-American Petroleum in Wyoming. In 1961 he and his wife, Suzy, opened Your Valet Fine Dry Cleaning in Roy, Utah. The company started with one location and grew to include 10 stores with more than 100 employees over a 53-year period. The Pattersons were active industry volunteers, and Jim served on DLI’s (then the International Fabricare Institute) Board of Directors from 1988-1989. Though Insti- Jim Patterson, DLI Past President, Passes Away at 85 Jim Patterson, DLI (then IFI) President from 1988-1989 passed away January 4, 2018. He is shown here in a 2005 file photo.