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 (husband 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:
- 2010 "Free Market Champion" Award from the Telecommunications Association of Michigan
- 2006 Legislator of the Year Award from the Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sherriffs and Process Servers Assoc. (MCODSA)
- 2006 Legislator of the Year Award from the Michigan Psychological Association (MPA)
- Friend of Public Education, Michigan Education Association, 2006
- Michigan League of Conservation Voters "Environmental Leadership" (2006)
- Michigan Municipal League's "Distinguished Service Award" (2005)
- Iron Rider Award, Abate of Michigan, 2005-06
- Michigan Manufacturers' Association "Advocate of the Year" (2004)
- Senior Alliance, Legislative Award (2004)
- Michigan Nursing Association's "Friend of Nursing" Award Winner (2004)
- The first ever recipient of the Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners Advocate of the Year Award (2004)
- Best Local Politician, Plymouth Observer Newspaper (2004)
- The first ever recipient of the Michigan chapter of the American Institute of Architects Legislator of the Year Award (2004)
- Michigan Associated Underground Contractors' Legislator of the Year (2002)
- Michigan Chamber of Commerce Champion of Commerce Award (2000)
- Canton Township Hall of Fame, 1992 - Inducted