- Through the Gate

in this section:
- Flights of fancy

- Miss Black USA takes moral stand

- Partners in practice

- Working for our founding father

Other Departments:
- The President's Perspective
- From the In Box
- Across the College Green
- From Your Alumni Association
- In Green and White
- With Your Support
- On the Wall
- Bobcat Tracks
- The Last Word
- In Memoriam 

So who is this Patrick Madden?

Patrick Madden grew up in Chevy Chase, Md., the son of two Ohio University alumni: the late John F. Madden, BSIE ’50, and Mary Ellen Traubert Madden, BSED ’50, and the brother of another, John F. Madden Jr., BS ’89. As an undergraduate, he majored in music history. He continued on for a master’s, blending music, business and telecommunications coursework.

Patrick Madden

Since graduation, he’s worked in development and/or public relations for the Aspen Music Festival, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Washington Chamber Symphony and, since 1998, for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.

He remains active with the University, serving on the School of Music Society of Alumni and Friends board and as a member of the Nation’s Capital Alumni Chapter.

Madden and his wife, Sue Ellen, live in Arlington, Va.