J M PattonFollowing two years of college at NMMI (New Mexico Military Institute) in Roswell; New Mexico; J.M. Patton attended the United States Military Academy at West Point with the Class of 1973. After a career in technology and banking, the author turned t his passion of teaching at the New Mexico Military Institute as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics. He and his wife Debbie live in rural New Mexico, having parented five sons who have given them sixteen grandchildren. West Point: A Novel is his debut novel, book one in A Full Measure trilogy. Read More Read Less