Patricia M. Graham, English teacher Patricia M. Graham, a former Prince George's County high school English teacher who spent most of her career at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, died Aug. 1 at her home in Medford, Ore. She was 79. She died of congestive heart failure, her daughter Robyn Graham said. Mrs. Graham retired in 1999 after 30 years in the Prince George's public school system. A longtime resident of Hyattsville, she moved to Oregon in 2005. Patricia Martin Clements was born in Washington. She graduated from Eastern High School in 1950, attended the University of Maryland and graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1969. At Northwestern High, Mrs. Graham helped develop an advanced placement English program, coordinated an interdisciplinary program for talented and gifted students and helped sponsor a National Honor Society chapter. In 1980, she received one of 15 Outstanding Educator awards from the Prince George's school system. She received grants and fellowships for professional study at the University of Maryland, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. While married to John S. Graham, an Air Force Officer, she lived in Florida, California, Okinawa, Michigan, Kansas, Texas and Hawaii. The marriage ended in divorce. Survivors include two daughters, Jill L. Graham of Ashland, Ore., and Robyn L. Graham of Rockville; and four grandchildren. Bart Barnes