Information from Rutland Daily Herald Jan 17 & 22, 1996:
daughter of Capt. Jospeh Medill Patterson
She was known as a journalist, & philanthropist
Over the years she was a journalist for the Newsday, a pilot, raised horses and later was a sponsor of Vermont's statewide spelling bee
Married Jay Frederick Reeve in 1936. They later divorced.
Married Ivan Albright in August 1946 in Red Lodge MT. They moved to Woodstock VT in 1963
Survived by 4 children; 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
Funeral - St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock VT
Interment - St. James Memorial Garden
Cabot Funeral Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Chicago Tribune
Josephine Patterson Albright, Journalist
January 18, 1996|By Kenan Heise, Tribune Staff Writer
Josephine Patterson Albright, 82, a journalist, aviation pioneer, horse breeder and philanthropist, was the widow of Chicago artist Ivan Albright. She was the great-granddaughter of Joseph Medill, longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and the daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson, founder and editor of the New York Daily News.
A resident of Woodstock, Vt., she died at home Monday following a stroke.
Mrs. Albright, who was born in Libertyville, got her start in journalism with the Chicago Daily News, intentionally working on a paper other than the New York Daily News or Tribune, which were owned by her family.
The New York Times
Josephine Patterson Albright, Colorful Journalist, Dies at 82
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: January 18, 1996
Josephine Patterson Albright, who flew the mail, shot tigers in India, covered Chicago crime in journalism's colorful "Front Page" era, ran an Illinois dairy and pig farm, bred horses in Wyoming, wrote a column about her family and helped establish a foundation for journalists, died on Monday at her home in Woodstock, Vt. She was 82.
A daughter, Alice Arlen of Manhattan, said the death was caused by complications after a stroke.
Mrs. Albright was a member of one of the most prominent families in American journalism. Her father, Joseph Medill Patterson, founded The Daily News in New York and helped found The Chicago Tribune. Her aunt, Eleanor Medill Patterson, published The Washington Times-Herald, and her older sister, Alicia Patterson, founded, published and edited Newsday.
Like Alicia, who was seven years her senior, Josephine was told by her father that journalism was not for women. Both proved him wrong.
**
Journalist Josephine Patterson Albright Dies At 82
AP , Associated Press
Jan. 17, 1996 11:32 PM ET
WOODSTOCK, VT. WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) _ Josephine Patterson Albright, a journalist, world traveler and philanthropist, has died of complications following a stroke. She was 82.
Albright, who died Monday, was the widow of artist Ivan Albright, sister of Newsday founder Alicia Patterson, and part of a family whose members at one time owned the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and the Washington Times Herald.
Born in Libertyville, Ill., a daughter of Capt. Joseph Medill Patterson, Albright spent much of her life in Chicago, where she was an accomplished horsewoman and pilot.
When she was 18, she left her debutante party to embark on a flight to India with her sister to hunt tigers. Later, she gave up hunting, becoming an ardent animal rights activist and naturalist.
When she began her career as a journalist, she chose to work for the Chicago Daily News rather than for a family newspaper. In 1936 she married Jay Frederick Reeve, a Chicago lawyer she met while covering courts.
During her years in Chicago, she also ran a dairy and pig farm that later became the Hawthorne-Melody Dairy, a major Illinois enterprise.
Following her divorce she moved to Dubois, Wyo., where she raised horses. In 1946 she married Albright, an artist in the Chicago school, in Red Lodge, Mont.
In 1949, Albright returned to journalism with a Newsday column, ''Life with Junior,'' chronicling her experiences raising four children.
A graduate of Goddard College in Plainfield, she and her husband moved to Woodstock in 1963.
In recent years, she became the lead sponsor of an annual geography contest in Vermont schools. An active benefactor of arts, journalism and the environment, she established a fellowship program for journalists, the Alicia Patterson Foundation, in her sister's honor.
Albright's husband died in 1983.
She is survived by four children, Joseph Medill Patterson Albright of Moscow, Alice Albright Arlen of New York, Adam Medill Albright of Richmond, Mass., and Dinah Albright Rojek of South Woodstock; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
daughter of Capt. Jospeh Medill Patterson
She was known as a journalist, & philanthropist
Over the years she was a journalist for the Newsday, a pilot, raised horses and later was a sponsor of Vermont's statewide spelling bee
Married Jay Frederick Reeve in 1936. They later divorced.
Married Ivan Albright in August 1946 in Red Lodge MT. They moved to Woodstock VT in 1963
Survived by 4 children; 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
Funeral - St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock VT
Interment - St. James Memorial Garden
Cabot Funeral Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Chicago Tribune
Josephine Patterson Albright, Journalist
January 18, 1996|By Kenan Heise, Tribune Staff Writer
Josephine Patterson Albright, 82, a journalist, aviation pioneer, horse breeder and philanthropist, was the widow of Chicago artist Ivan Albright. She was the great-granddaughter of Joseph Medill, longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and the daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson, founder and editor of the New York Daily News.
A resident of Woodstock, Vt., she died at home Monday following a stroke.
Mrs. Albright, who was born in Libertyville, got her start in journalism with the Chicago Daily News, intentionally working on a paper other than the New York Daily News or Tribune, which were owned by her family.
The New York Times
Josephine Patterson Albright, Colorful Journalist, Dies at 82
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: January 18, 1996
Josephine Patterson Albright, who flew the mail, shot tigers in India, covered Chicago crime in journalism's colorful "Front Page" era, ran an Illinois dairy and pig farm, bred horses in Wyoming, wrote a column about her family and helped establish a foundation for journalists, died on Monday at her home in Woodstock, Vt. She was 82.
A daughter, Alice Arlen of Manhattan, said the death was caused by complications after a stroke.
Mrs. Albright was a member of one of the most prominent families in American journalism. Her father, Joseph Medill Patterson, founded The Daily News in New York and helped found The Chicago Tribune. Her aunt, Eleanor Medill Patterson, published The Washington Times-Herald, and her older sister, Alicia Patterson, founded, published and edited Newsday.
Like Alicia, who was seven years her senior, Josephine was told by her father that journalism was not for women. Both proved him wrong.
**
Journalist Josephine Patterson Albright Dies At 82
AP , Associated Press
Jan. 17, 1996 11:32 PM ET
WOODSTOCK, VT. WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) _ Josephine Patterson Albright, a journalist, world traveler and philanthropist, has died of complications following a stroke. She was 82.
Albright, who died Monday, was the widow of artist Ivan Albright, sister of Newsday founder Alicia Patterson, and part of a family whose members at one time owned the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and the Washington Times Herald.
Born in Libertyville, Ill., a daughter of Capt. Joseph Medill Patterson, Albright spent much of her life in Chicago, where she was an accomplished horsewoman and pilot.
When she was 18, she left her debutante party to embark on a flight to India with her sister to hunt tigers. Later, she gave up hunting, becoming an ardent animal rights activist and naturalist.
When she began her career as a journalist, she chose to work for the Chicago Daily News rather than for a family newspaper. In 1936 she married Jay Frederick Reeve, a Chicago lawyer she met while covering courts.
During her years in Chicago, she also ran a dairy and pig farm that later became the Hawthorne-Melody Dairy, a major Illinois enterprise.
Following her divorce she moved to Dubois, Wyo., where she raised horses. In 1946 she married Albright, an artist in the Chicago school, in Red Lodge, Mont.
In 1949, Albright returned to journalism with a Newsday column, ''Life with Junior,'' chronicling her experiences raising four children.
A graduate of Goddard College in Plainfield, she and her husband moved to Woodstock in 1963.
In recent years, she became the lead sponsor of an annual geography contest in Vermont schools. An active benefactor of arts, journalism and the environment, she established a fellowship program for journalists, the Alicia Patterson Foundation, in her sister's honor.
Albright's husband died in 1983.
She is survived by four children, Joseph Medill Patterson Albright of Moscow, Alice Albright Arlen of New York, Adam Medill Albright of Richmond, Mass., and Dinah Albright Rojek of South Woodstock; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Information from Rutland Daily Herald Jan 17 & 22, 1996:
daughter of Capt. Jospeh Medill Patterson
She was known as a journalist, & philanthropist
Over the years she was a journalist for the Newsday, a pilot, raised horses and later was a sponsor of Vermont's statewide spelling bee
Married Jay Frederick Reeve in 1936. They later divorced.
Married Ivan Albright in August 1946 in Red Lodge MT. They moved to Woodstock VT in 1963
Survived by 4 children; 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
Funeral - St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock VT
Interment - St. James Memorial Garden
Cabot Funeral Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Chicago Tribune
Josephine Patterson Albright, Journalist
January 18, 1996|By Kenan Heise, Tribune Staff Writer
Josephine Patterson Albright, 82, a journalist, aviation pioneer, horse breeder and philanthropist, was the widow of Chicago artist Ivan Albright. She was the great-granddaughter of Joseph Medill, longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and the daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson, founder and editor of the New York Daily News.
A resident of Woodstock, Vt., she died at home Monday following a stroke.
Mrs. Albright, who was born in Libertyville, got her start in journalism with the Chicago Daily News, intentionally working on a paper other than the New York Daily News or Tribune, which were owned by her family.
The New York Times
Josephine Patterson Albright, Colorful Journalist, Dies at 82
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: January 18, 1996
Josephine Patterson Albright, who flew the mail, shot tigers in India, covered Chicago crime in journalism's colorful "Front Page" era, ran an Illinois dairy and pig farm, bred horses in Wyoming, wrote a column about her family and helped establish a foundation for journalists, died on Monday at her home in Woodstock, Vt. She was 82.
A daughter, Alice Arlen of Manhattan, said the death was caused by complications after a stroke.
Mrs. Albright was a member of one of the most prominent families in American journalism. Her father, Joseph Medill Patterson, founded The Daily News in New York and helped found The Chicago Tribune. Her aunt, Eleanor Medill Patterson, published The Washington Times-Herald, and her older sister, Alicia Patterson, founded, published and edited Newsday.
Like Alicia, who was seven years her senior, Josephine was told by her father that journalism was not for women. Both proved him wrong.
**
Journalist Josephine Patterson Albright Dies At 82
AP , Associated Press
Jan. 17, 1996 11:32 PM ET
WOODSTOCK, VT. WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) _ Josephine Patterson Albright, a journalist, world traveler and philanthropist, has died of complications following a stroke. She was 82.
Albright, who died Monday, was the widow of artist Ivan Albright, sister of Newsday founder Alicia Patterson, and part of a family whose members at one time owned the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and the Washington Times Herald.
Born in Libertyville, Ill., a daughter of Capt. Joseph Medill Patterson, Albright spent much of her life in Chicago, where she was an accomplished horsewoman and pilot.
When she was 18, she left her debutante party to embark on a flight to India with her sister to hunt tigers. Later, she gave up hunting, becoming an ardent animal rights activist and naturalist.
When she began her career as a journalist, she chose to work for the Chicago Daily News rather than for a family newspaper. In 1936 she married Jay Frederick Reeve, a Chicago lawyer she met while covering courts.
During her years in Chicago, she also ran a dairy and pig farm that later became the Hawthorne-Melody Dairy, a major Illinois enterprise.
Following her divorce she moved to Dubois, Wyo., where she raised horses. In 1946 she married Albright, an artist in the Chicago school, in Red Lodge, Mont.
In 1949, Albright returned to journalism with a Newsday column, ''Life with Junior,'' chronicling her experiences raising four children.
A graduate of Goddard College in Plainfield, she and her husband moved to Woodstock in 1963.
In recent years, she became the lead sponsor of an annual geography contest in Vermont schools. An active benefactor of arts, journalism and the environment, she established a fellowship program for journalists, the Alicia Patterson Foundation, in her sister's honor.
Albright's husband died in 1983.
She is survived by four children, Joseph Medill Patterson Albright of Moscow, Alice Albright Arlen of New York, Adam Medill Albright of Richmond, Mass., and Dinah Albright Rojek of South Woodstock; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
daughter of Capt. Jospeh Medill Patterson
She was known as a journalist, & philanthropist
Over the years she was a journalist for the Newsday, a pilot, raised horses and later was a sponsor of Vermont's statewide spelling bee
Married Jay Frederick Reeve in 1936. They later divorced.
Married Ivan Albright in August 1946 in Red Lodge MT. They moved to Woodstock VT in 1963
Survived by 4 children; 10 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren
Funeral - St. James Episcopal Church, Woodstock VT
Interment - St. James Memorial Garden
Cabot Funeral Home
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~∼Chicago Tribune
Josephine Patterson Albright, Journalist
January 18, 1996|By Kenan Heise, Tribune Staff Writer
Josephine Patterson Albright, 82, a journalist, aviation pioneer, horse breeder and philanthropist, was the widow of Chicago artist Ivan Albright. She was the great-granddaughter of Joseph Medill, longtime editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune, and the daughter of Joseph Medill Patterson, founder and editor of the New York Daily News.
A resident of Woodstock, Vt., she died at home Monday following a stroke.
Mrs. Albright, who was born in Libertyville, got her start in journalism with the Chicago Daily News, intentionally working on a paper other than the New York Daily News or Tribune, which were owned by her family.
The New York Times
Josephine Patterson Albright, Colorful Journalist, Dies at 82
By LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: January 18, 1996
Josephine Patterson Albright, who flew the mail, shot tigers in India, covered Chicago crime in journalism's colorful "Front Page" era, ran an Illinois dairy and pig farm, bred horses in Wyoming, wrote a column about her family and helped establish a foundation for journalists, died on Monday at her home in Woodstock, Vt. She was 82.
A daughter, Alice Arlen of Manhattan, said the death was caused by complications after a stroke.
Mrs. Albright was a member of one of the most prominent families in American journalism. Her father, Joseph Medill Patterson, founded The Daily News in New York and helped found The Chicago Tribune. Her aunt, Eleanor Medill Patterson, published The Washington Times-Herald, and her older sister, Alicia Patterson, founded, published and edited Newsday.
Like Alicia, who was seven years her senior, Josephine was told by her father that journalism was not for women. Both proved him wrong.
**
Journalist Josephine Patterson Albright Dies At 82
AP , Associated Press
Jan. 17, 1996 11:32 PM ET
WOODSTOCK, VT. WOODSTOCK, Vt. (AP) _ Josephine Patterson Albright, a journalist, world traveler and philanthropist, has died of complications following a stroke. She was 82.
Albright, who died Monday, was the widow of artist Ivan Albright, sister of Newsday founder Alicia Patterson, and part of a family whose members at one time owned the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News and the Washington Times Herald.
Born in Libertyville, Ill., a daughter of Capt. Joseph Medill Patterson, Albright spent much of her life in Chicago, where she was an accomplished horsewoman and pilot.
When she was 18, she left her debutante party to embark on a flight to India with her sister to hunt tigers. Later, she gave up hunting, becoming an ardent animal rights activist and naturalist.
When she began her career as a journalist, she chose to work for the Chicago Daily News rather than for a family newspaper. In 1936 she married Jay Frederick Reeve, a Chicago lawyer she met while covering courts.
During her years in Chicago, she also ran a dairy and pig farm that later became the Hawthorne-Melody Dairy, a major Illinois enterprise.
Following her divorce she moved to Dubois, Wyo., where she raised horses. In 1946 she married Albright, an artist in the Chicago school, in Red Lodge, Mont.
In 1949, Albright returned to journalism with a Newsday column, ''Life with Junior,'' chronicling her experiences raising four children.
A graduate of Goddard College in Plainfield, she and her husband moved to Woodstock in 1963.
In recent years, she became the lead sponsor of an annual geography contest in Vermont schools. An active benefactor of arts, journalism and the environment, she established a fellowship program for journalists, the Alicia Patterson Foundation, in her sister's honor.
Albright's husband died in 1983.
She is survived by four children, Joseph Medill Patterson Albright of Moscow, Alice Albright Arlen of New York, Adam Medill Albright of Richmond, Mass., and Dinah Albright Rojek of South Woodstock; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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