| Mary Patterson | |
| State House3: | South Dakota |
| District3: | 13th |
| Term Start3: | January 1999 |
| Term End3: | January 2001 |
| Successor3: | Don Hennies |
| Alongside3: | Phyllis Heineman |
| Birth Date: | 8 February 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| Nationality: | American |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sioux Falls University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Colorado–Boulder |
Mary Alice Crabill Patterson (February 8, 1927 – November 11, 2016) was an American singer and politician.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on February 8, 1927, to Jacob and Mary Emmaline Crabill, Mary Alice Crabill earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Sioux Falls. She obtained a Master of Arts degree from University of Nebraska–Lincoln and received a doctorate from the University of Colorado–Boulder.[1] Crabill met Perry Patterson in 1949, and married him in 1954.[2] The couple returned to South Dakota, and both taught at the University of Sioux Falls.[3] Mary Patterson later joined the faculty of the University of South Dakota, and Augustana University.[1] She served on the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1999 to 2000.[4] Patterson contested the 2000 and 2004 state house elections, losing both times.[5] [6]