Patterson recently released the forensic investigative documentary special The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima on the Smithsonian Channel. The special premiered July 2016 and garnered attention from The New York Times, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News.

Patterson graduated from Hartwick in 1996 as a theatre major. His first production: “Jesus Christ, Superstar,” was his senior project at Hartwick. As a young alumnus he hosted a number of Hartwick students in New York City as part of the MetroLink program. Patterson became a Hartwick Trustee in 2015 and in 2016 he was reunion co-chair for his class’ 20 year reunion at Hartwick, where he helped the class of ’96 to win the True Blue Reunion Award for most participating alumni.

Wicker’s initiative was expressed early when she was the only woman physics major during her years at Hartwick. She earned her MA in physics from Kent State University (again as the only woman in her class), publishing one of the first papers using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for a biological application). Her PhD is in management from Walden University. She spent her early career teaching physics until research opportunities for women opened up following Title IX.