Senator Bruce Patterson

OFFICE:

Room 505, Farnum Bldg., P.O. Box 30036, Lansing, MI 48909, (517) 373-7350, Toll-Free: (866) 262-7307, E-Mail: SenBPatterson@senate.michigan.gov, Website: www.senate.michigan.gov/patterson.

COMMITTEES:

Energy Policy and Public Utilities (Chairman); Health Policy; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs; Legislative Council.

BIOGRAPHY:

Republican, of Canton; native of Wayne County; B.A., Wayne State University, 1969; J.D., Wayne State University Law School, 1972; wife, Phyllis; three children, Denise (husband Anthony), Lauren (fiance Jeff), Justin (wife Jessy) and granddaughter, Tannis; member, State Bar of Michigan, Suburban Bar Association; Fellow, State Bar Foundation of Michigan; served as President, McCabe, Middleton & Patterson, P.C.; Director of Planned Giving, Eastern Michigan University, 1991-94; past President, Canton Economic Club; past President, Canton Republican Club; Board of Directors, Educational Excellence Foundation for Plymouth-Canton Public Schools, 1989-97, and Canton Community Foundation; past chairman, American Arbitration Association; Board of Directors, First of America Bank - Western Wayne County region; Huron Valley Visiting Nurses' Fund Board; Schoolcraft College Foundation Board of Trustees; Republican Party's State Central Committee; Board of Directors, Incorporated Society of Irish American Lawyers.

ELECTIVE OFFICES HELD:

Wayne County Commissioner, two terms; elected to the House of Representatives, 1998; Associate Speaker Pro Tempore (first freshman ever elected to this leadership position); reelected to the House of Representatives, 2000; Majority Floor Leader; elected to the State Senate, 2002; reelected to the State Senate, 2006.

RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS:

  • Canton Township Hall of Fame, 1992 - Inducted

  • 2006 Legislator of the Year Award from the Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers Association

  • Friend of Public Education, Michigan Education Association, 2006

  • Environmental Leadership Award, Michigan League of Conservation Voters, 2006

  • Legislator of the Year, Michigan Psychological Association, 2006

  • Iron Rider Award, Abate of Michigan, 2005-06

  • Distinguished Service Award, Michigan Municipal League, 2005

  • Advocate of the Year, Michigan Manufacturers Association, 2004

  • Advocate of the Year, Council of Nurse Practitioners, 2004

  • Legislative Award, Senior Alliance, 2004

  • Legislator of the Year, "Friend of Nursing Award," Michigan Nursing Association, 2004

  • Legislator of the Year, American Institute of Architects, 2004

  • Legislator of the Year, AUC, 2002

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