Ray Patterson

enrolled at Wisconsin from Beaver Dam, WI
UW-Madison Basketball Captain, 1944 and 1945
Badger's Most Valuable Player, 1944 and 1945
first team All-Big Ten Selection, 1944
Chicago Herald All-American Squad, 1944
scored a total of 738 points with the Wisconsin Badgers in his four year basketball career
tied for second place in the Big Ten in scoring with 193 points in 1944
averaged 14.0 points per game and scored 295 points during the 1944 season
scored 225 points and averaged 10.7 points per game in the 1945 season
UW Graduate Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, 1948
earned masters degree from the UW-Madison, 1948
played professionally with the Dow Chemical Basketball Team in Midland, Michigan, 1945-1948
Wayland Academy boys head basketball coach and science teacher, 1949-1954
President/Headmaster of Wayland Academy, 1954-1969
part owner and president of the NBA Milwaukee Bucks, 1969-1972
Milwaukee Bucks Team won the 1971 NBA World Championship during his tenure
President and General Manager of the NBA Houston Rockets, 1972-1989
NBA Executive of the Year, by the Sporting News, 1976-1977
retired from the Houston Rockets, 1990