Dr. William Patterson grew up in Urbana, IL and was a 1984 graduate of Urbana High School. He attributed his love of music to listening to WLRW Soul Sunday with Mr. Ernie Westfield. He combined his love of the arts and commitment to youth and education by creating the Hip Hop Xpress Double Dutch Boom Bus Innovation Lab & Data Center. Dr. P, as he was called, held appointments at the University of Illinois, UC, as a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Music and Lecturer in the Technology Entrepreneurship Center, Grainger College of Engineering.
2024 Distinguished Alumni Honorees, Champaign-Urbana Schools Foundation
William Patterson, Local Wiki
Dr. William M. Patterson, Your Legacy Too, Museum of the Grand Prairie
Dr. Will Patterson, Street College
Dr. William M. Patterson Obituary, News-Gazette