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Show PAT Elected NIX 1987 to 1991 1931 to William B. (Pat) and Drusilla California and attended public school to State the 2nd grade when she entered the San Diego College Training because of her Her 8th grade was spent in El Paso, Texas, School. to San returnd She then father's war assignment. Diego to finish high school. Accounting was her chosen field and she graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a degree in Business Administration and many classes taken in music and languages. Rep. Nix Pat Patterson in was San born in Diego, After several years professional experience as an accountant and as San the in CPA fi rm headquartered an audi tor wi th a national It Francisco area, marriage and a family interrupted her life. also interrupted a potential career as a singer since she had received professional training and for a while seriously considered music as a career. she to Utah with her three children as a single she attended classes at Brigham Young University to tax as a then went to work accounting to her skill s, accountant for several years. In 1969, mother. add tax moved There she re-married and retired from the world of work for pay It was as a volunteer that she became life of volunteer work. involved in the day-to-day affairs of the Republican Party and soon 30 found herself to 40 hours a week in devoting political activities. In 1977 to a was elected to the Utah State House of Representatives in 1986, after being vry active in the Utah County Republican Party. She had served a term as County Party Vice Chairman and two terms as well as County Party Treasurer as being a state and County Convention She has been an active delegate for ten years. in of candidates on a State and participant campaigns County, National level. She firmly believes that it is the responsibility of everyone to be fully aware of the issues and to become involved in the political process. Pat While in Taxation the legislature, she was appointed to the Revenue and Commi t tee. Because of her tax background, she worked mainly on making the tax laws more fair, and eliminated excessive were that unnecessari I y businesses and penal ties hurting individuals alike. She also worked on a taxpayers bill of rights and a judicial report card for the public. Her second term she served as Vice Chair of the Revenue and Taxation Committee. 210 |
