John J. (Jack) Patrick, Sr., former comptroller in the business office of the Perelman School of Medicine, died September 13, 2022. He was 88.

Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he was the youngest of three children. He graduated from West Catholic High School in Philadelphia in 1952 and Villanova University in 1957 with a BS in economics and accounting. 

Mr. Patrick began his career in public accounting working for Lally and Co. in Philadelphia, where he met his first wife, Ann Timothy. He served in the Air National Guard for six years. In 1961, he joined the audit department of Peat, Marwick, and Mitchell (KPMG). While there, he earned his CPA.

In 1967, Mr. Patrick began working at the University of Pennsylvania as a business manager in the School of Medicine. Mr. Patrick worked at Penn for more than 30 years in positions of increasing responsibility until eventually running the Finance Business Office as comptroller for the School of Medicine. At Penn, he was on the steering committee for the Association of Business Administrators—a staff organization. Mr. Patrick was inducted into the Twenty-Five Year Club during the 1992-1993 school year.

Mr. Patrick was a knight in the Knights of Columbus, an active parishioner, and a coach and league director for Folsom Boys Club and Ridley Basketball.

Jack is survived by his wife, Helen; his five children, Patty, John (Joan), Michael (Joyce), Paul (Kris), and Mark (Michelle); eleven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; step children Greta, Kathy, Nancy and Jennifer; step grandchildren, and step great-grandchildren.

A mass was held at Saint Frances Cabrini Church in Ocean City on September 19, 2022. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his name to Ocean City Knights of Columbus, council #2560, Ocean City, New Jersey.