 Pattee married Betty Jo O'Neal on June 16, 1946 at the Danforth Chapel on the campus of Kansas.After graduating in 1949, he chose not to pursue his football career to the pros where he was drafted in the sixth round of the 1949 AAFC as the 41st overall pick by the Baltimore Colts and in the 23rd round of the 1949 NFL Draft as the 228th overall pick by the Washington Redskins.Instead he initially pursued a career in business with the Cities Services Oil Co. and then later a career with the U.S. Department of Transportation.