William Penn Patrick

Infobox_Person
name = William Penn Patrick
residence = San Rafael, California


caption =
birth_date = 1930
birth_place =
death_date = June 9, 1973
death_place = Lakeport, California, USA
death_cause = Plane crash
known_for = Owner, Holiday Magic, Leadership Dynamics, Mind Dynamics
occupation = Businessman
party = Republican

William Penn Patrick was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the owner of Holiday Magic, Leadership Dynamics, and Mind Dynamics. Patrick was a proponent of the sour grapes philosophy, and has been widely quoted as stating: "Those who condemn wealth are those who have none and see no chance of getting it." [cite book
last = Parkinson
first = Judy
authorlink =
coauthors = Adam Hart-Davis, Foreword
title = From Hue & Cry to Humble Pie: Curious, Bizarre, and Incomprehensible Expressions Explained
publisher = Michael O'Mara Books
date = 2000
location =
pages = Page 153
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0760735816 ]

Patrick tried unsuccessfully to get into a career in politics, first running against Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination for governor of California, and was later nominated by the California Theocratic Party for Vice President of the United States.

Patrick died in 1973, when his private plane crashed in Lakeport, California.

Political career

Patrick sought out the Republican nomination for governor of California, in 1966 [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Coast Candidate In Harlem to Ask Advice on Watts
work = The New York Times
pages = Page 36
language =
publisher = The New York Times Company
date = May 26, 1966
url =
accessdate = ] . Patrick alleged that a pollster, Mervin Field, had accepted money to influence a poll in the campaigncite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Pollster Gets $300,000 in Libel Case
work = The Washington Post
pages = Section: General
language =
publisher =
date = July 24, 1970
url =
accessdate = ] . Mervin Field sued Patrick for libel, for damages of USD$4 million, and was awarded USD$300,000. Patrick later lost the nomination, to Ronald Reagan [cite book
last = Nofziger
first = Lyn
authorlink =
coauthors = Gaylord B. Parkinson, William E. Roberts, Stuart K. Spencer, Gabrielle S. Morris, Sarah Lee Sharp
title = Issues and Innovations in the 1966 Republican Gubernatorial Campaign: Interviews
publisher = Bancroft Library Regional Oral History Office, Governmental History Documentation Project
date = 1980
location =
pages = Page 8
url =
doi =
id = ] . "The New Republic" described Patrick's campaign strategy as that of "out-Reaganing Ronald Reagan" [cite news
last = Kopkind
first = Andrew
coauthors =
title = Brennan v Tigar.
work = The New Republic
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = August 27, 1966
url =
accessdate = ] . In 1967, Patrick formed a fundraising group to run for Thomas Kuchel's Senate seat [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = 2d Rightist May Try for Kuchel Seat
work = The Washington Post
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = June 24, 1967
url =
accessdate = ] . Patrick was later nominated for Vice President of the United States, in 1967 [cite book
last = Kane
first = Joseph Nathan
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information
publisher = H. W. Wilson
date = 1981
location =
pages = Page 272
url =
doi =
id = ] , by the California Theocratic Party [cite book
last = Goldinger
first = Carolyn
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Presidential Elections Since 1789
publisher = Congressional Quarterly, inc.
date = 1991
location =
pages = Page 91
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0871876094] . "The Los Angeles Times" referred to Patrick as the "strangest politician" [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Strangest Politician
work = The Los Angeles Times
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = August 16, 1967
url =
accessdate = ] . He was mainly popular among ultraconservative and ultraright political circles in California [cite book
last = Turner
first = William W.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Power on the Right
publisher = Ramparts
date = 1971
location =
pages = 79, 124
url =
doi =
id = ] .

Businessman

Patrick began his experience in sales selling products door-to-door in Illinois [cite book
last = Pressman
first = Steven
authorlink = Steven Pressman
coauthors =
title =
publisher = St. Martin's Press
date = 1993
location =
pages = Chapter: [http://perso.orange.fr/eldon.braun/awareness/door2.html A Door to Door Mind Salesman]
url =
doi =
id = ] . He was the owner of companies including Leadership Dynamics, a controversial company which was the first form of Large Group Awareness Training [cite news
last = Kilzer
first = Lou
coauthors =
title = Desperate Measures Network of Behavior Modification Compounds Known as Teen Help Has Straightened Out Hundreds of Defiant Adolescents, But Its Methods Aren't For the Faint-hearted.
work = Rocky Mountain News
pages =
language =
publisher = E. W. Scripps Company
date = July 18, 1999
url =
accessdate =
"The first of the genre psychologists call "large group awareness training" was the Leadership Dynamics Institute..."] , and Holiday Magic, a door-to-door cosmetics company [cite news
last = Simon
first = Jane Fitz
coauthors =
title = The Video Salesman Entrepreneur Sees Gold Mine in Selling Informational Videotapes Door-to-Door
work = The Boston Globe
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = July 5, 1988
url =
accessdate = ] later termed by the United States Federal government to be fraudulentcite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Battling the Biggest Fraud
work = Time
pages = 2 pgs.
language =
publisher =
date = July 16, 1973
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907582,00.html
accessdate =
William Penn Patrick, a former mentor of Turner's, was charged last month by the Securities and Exchange Commission with bilking some 80,000 people out of more than $250 million through his Holiday Magic cosmetics and soap empire.] . Mind Dynamics was initially founded by Alexander Everett, and Patrick backed the company before buying it [cite book
last = Bartley
first = William Warren
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =
publisher = Clarkson Potter
date = 1988
location =
pages = Page 177
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0-517-53502-5] [cite book
last = Lande
first = Nathaniel
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Mindstyles, Lifestyles: A Comprehensive Overview of Today's Life-changing Philosophies
publisher = Price/Stern/Sloan
date = 1976
location =
pages = 143
url =
doi =
id = ] . Patrick's companies were later investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission [http://www.mlmlaw.com/library/cases/mlm/ftc/hldymagc.htm 84 F.T.C. 748] , IN THE MATTER OF HOLIDAY MAGIC, INC., ET AL. ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF SEC. 5 OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT AND SEC. 2(a) OF THE CLAYTON ACT, Docket 8834., Complaint, Jan. 18, 1971, Decision, Oct. 15, 1974.] , on allegations of pyramid schemes [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors =
title = Judge Clouds Future of Surviving Pyramid
work = The Washington Post
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = March 25, 1976
url =
accessdate = ] . Leadership Dynamics folded amidst lawsuits and allegations of physical and sexual abuse [cite journal
last = Langone
first = Michael
authorlink = Michael Langone
coauthors =
title = Beware of `New Age’ Solutions to Age Old Problems
journal = Business and Society Review
volume = 69
issue =
pages = Pages 39–42
publisher =
date = 1989
url = http://www.csj.org/infoserv_articles/langone_michael_busnewage.htm
doi =
id =
accessdate = ] .

William Penn Patrick died on June 9, 1973, in a plane crash of his private plane [cite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors = Associated Press
title = Rites for Cosmetics Maker Slated Today in California
work = The Washington Post
pages = Obituaries
language =
publisher =
date = June 12, 1973
url =
accessdate = ] in Lakeport, Californiacite news
last = Staff
first =
coauthors = Associated Press
title = Millionaire In Cosmetics Dies in Crash
work = The Washington Post
pages =
language =
publisher =
date = June 10, 1973
url =
accessdate = ] . A certified pilot, he was flying the plane at the time of the crash. He was 43.

In popular culture

*"Pressure Points", a 2001 novel by Larry Brooks, one of the book's protagonists asserts that the programs developed by Werner Erhard, William Penn Patrick, and Alexander Everett all came from the same source [cite book
last = Brooks
first = Larry
authorlink = Larry Brooks (author)
coauthors =
title = Pressure Points
publisher = Onyx
date = November 29, 2001
location =
pages = Page 77
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0451410017 , ISBN 978-0451410016 ] .

References

External links

* [http://alexandereverett.com/students.html Spiritual gifts of inner peace & self-development] , Web site of Alexander Everett, has some more information on Patrick and his companies