Greene, Phillips Foster, 1892-1967.

Phillips Greene, physician and missionary, received his B.A. from Amherst College in 1915, and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1919. He was a member of the teaching staff of Hsiang-Ya (Hunan-Yale) Medical School, Changsha, China from 1923-1927; assistant professor of surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1927-1931; head of the department of surgery and dean of Hsiang-Yale Medical School, 1931-1941; clinical professor of surgery and associate dean, Long Island College of Medicine, 1944-1951; and a staff member of the Rangoon, Burma General Hospital and Medical School, 1951-1958. Greene returned to the United States in 1958 and practiced medicine in New Richmond, Ohio until 1967.

Ruth Altman Greene, author and missionary, received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1918. She accompanied her husband Phillips Greene to Changsha, China, 1923-1927; wrote and spoke about China in Wisconsin, 1927-1931; taught English to Hsiang-Ya students, 1931-1936; helped organize the China Institute of New Jersey, 1940-1948; and lived in Rangoon, Burma with her husband, 1951-1958. Ruth Greene published her book Hsiang-Ya Journal in 1977.

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