Fred Lewis Pattee

Fred Lewis Pattee
Bust of Pattee
Born	22 March 1863 Bristol, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	May 6, 1950(1950-05-06) (aged 87) Winter Park, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Dartmouth College (AB, AM)
Occupations	Author professor
Known for	Penn State Alma Mater
Spouses	Anna Lura Plumer Grace Gorrell Garee
Children	1

Fred Lewis Pattee (March 22, 1863 – May 6, 1950) was an American author and scholar of American literature. As a professor of American literature at the Pennsylvania State University, Pattee wrote the lyrics of the Penn State Alma Mater. Pattee is sometimes labeled the "first Professor of American Literature", a position he held at Penn State from 1895 until 1928.^[1]