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talking with young people from all walks of life. 

"Twenty Grand" passed away on August 6th, 1971 

As a result of his devotion, the John Hunter Camp Fund, Inc. has named its camp scholarship program in his honor, to help send children to camp on an annual basis.
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selling and scholarships which will enable them to continue their educational pursuits so that they can compete in this world. 

Internationally knows as "Mel," he is a real Harlemite. He is a product of the public school system of Harlem specifically P.S. 68, 89, 139 and De Witt Clinton High School. 

A graduate of Morehouse College and the Atlanta School of Social Work, Mr. Patrick is the holder of Business certificates from City College Business School, plus certificates of completion of Graduate studies from Shrivenham American University, Shrivenham, England; Biarritz American University, Biarritz, 
France; and was the only Black student in Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, while in the United States Army during World War II. 

After working for 25 years as a columnist, reporter and advertising Sales Manager for the New York Edition of the Pittsburgh Courier, Mr. Patrick entered public service in New York as Assistant to Hulan Jack, the first Black Manhattan Borough President. For the next 20 years he served Borough Presidents Dudley, Motley and Sutton, interpreting the work of the Borough President's office to the community of Manhattan.  

Mr. Patrick is an Elk Mason, a life member of the NAACP and National Director of Publicity for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. 

Listed in "Who's Who in Black America", Mr. Patrick is a board member of the African Student Aid Fund of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and a board member and investor in Inner City Broadcasting Company, the owner of WLIB and WBLS in the New York area. 

Mr. Patrick, a widower and the father of Ann Patrick Phox, an Account Executive for KPIX-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Francisco and is on the Vestry of St. Lukes, the Blessed Physician Episcopal Church, and on the board of the Harlem Branch YMCA. 

Mel, your timely gift of Delegates, with your excellent coverage of a broad spectrum of Black life has always been appreciated. It is an outstanding contribution. May God Bless! Many, many thanks. 

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