JUDGES BIO FORM

Name: Grant W. Patton, Jr.
Address: Home - 6 Gibbes Street Charleston, SC 29401
Office - 1375 Hospital Drive Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone:(843)881-3900 Office, (843) 881-4729 Fax, (843) 577-4370 Home
Email Address: Gpatton@sefertility.com
Profession: Physician, Director of an In-Vitro Fertilization Program

Size of Pond: 24,000 gallons

Year Certified as Judge: Local Certified ZNA Judge 1995, AKCA Certified Judge 1997

Years in Hobby: 20

Affiliated Club: Member of ZNA Southern California, 1986

Positions Held in Club: Founder and Member of Showa Koi Club, 1990 Co-Founder and Past President of Showa Koi Club. Originated the Showa Club Newsletter. AKCA Representative Show Co-Chairman, ZNA Potomac Koi Club, Washington, DC

Other Koi Activities: Interest in Sanke breeding. Developed a number of outstanding individual koi from the jimbei-terzao bloodline. Four trips to Japan, most recent of which was the All-Japan Show in January 2002.

Accomplishments: Have been voted “Koi Person of the Year” twice. Developing a large jumbo koi. Visiting clubs across the United States as a koi judge