Charles Patrick, 78, artist, professor

Charles W. Patrick, 78, a retired Temple University professor, artist, and entrepreneur, died of complications from Parkinson's disease Saturday at Kendal Crosslands, a retirement community in Kennett Square.

From 1996 until retiring in 2006, Dr. Patrick taught at Temple's Fox School of Business and Management. In the summer, he taught courses on Internet marketing in Germany, Italy, and Turkey and was a visiting professor, including at the American University in Dubai.

He also pursued his art, creating paintings that incorporated letters, numbers, and symbols. Some of his more whimsical work has been adapted to designs for women and children's clothing, room decor, and fashion accessories.

Before moving to Philadelphia, Dr. Patrick and his wife, Susan Swayze Patrick, had been longtime residents of Alexandria, Va. In the 1970s and 1980s they established galleries in the United States, Latin America, and Europe featuring locally produced art and crafts.

From 1990 to 1994, Dr. Patrick was president of the Association to Unite the Democracies in Washington. The organization sponsors conferences, publications, and scholarships relating to U.S. foreign policy and international economic activities.

A native of Indianapolis, Dr. Patrick earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, where he was class president his senior year.

He earned a master's degree from Harvard Business School and a doctorate in political science from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.

In the 1960s, he was assistant to the president of Rutger's University and was director of public education and information at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in New York.

Dr. Patrick published papers on international business and foreign policy and had been a consultant to the Swiss government and to a banking firm in Caracas, Venezuela.

In addition to his wife of 49 years, he is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth; and a sister.

A Funeral Mass will be said at 10 a.m. today at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, 212 Meredith St., Kennett Square. Burial will be in St. Agnes Cemetery, West Chester.

Memorial donations may be made to the National Parkinson's Foundation, 1501 N.W. Ninth Ave., Miami, Fla. 33136.