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.
From the description of Phillips F. and Ruth A. Greene papers, 1923-1977 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168524
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-Ya 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.
1892
Born in Van, Turkey, son of missionaries Sarah Foster and Frederick Davis Greene.
1915
B.A., Amherst College.
1919
M.D., Harvard Medical School.
1919
1921
House Officer, General Surgery, St. Luke's Hospital and St. Mary's Children's Hospital, New York City.
1920
Married to Ruth Peabody Altman.
1923
1923
Under appointment with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions for medical work in Turkey. Prevented from serving by political conditions, transferred to Yale-in-China at Changsha, Hunan.
1923
1927
Teaching staff of Hsiang-Ya (Hunan-Yale) Medical School, Changsha.
1927
Civil war in China, evacuated with family to United States.
1927
1931
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine.
1931
1941
Head of Department of Surgery and Dean of Hsiang-Ya Medical school.
1942
1943
Director of the American Red Cross in China, responsible for getting supplies into China (Chungking) and distributing them to Nationalist and Communist forces.
1944
1951
Clinical Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean, Long Island College of Medicine, Brook1yn, New York.
1951
1953
Appointed to the Rangoon, Burma, General Hospital and Medical School under the United States Government Point Four Program.
1953
1958
After termination of all official United States Aid to Burma, continued to work with Rangoon Hospital and Medical School under a Rockefeller Foundation grant.
1958
1967
Returned to United States and practiced medicine in New Richmond, Ohio, until his death on 11 April 1967.
1896
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, daughter of Flavella Light and Daniel Lee Altman, Methodist minister.
1918
B.A., Wellesley College.
1920
Married to Phillips Foster Greene.
1921
1923
Under appointment with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Constantinople, Turkey.
1923
1927
In Changsha, Hunan. Evacuated in January 1927.
1927
1931
In Madison, Wisconsin. Writing and speaking on China and working with foreign students in YWCA.
1931
1936
Returned to Changsha with four children. Taught English to Hsiang-Ya students and did extensive entertaining of Chinese officials and foreign vistors from the League of Nations.
1937
1940
After a furlough in New Haven returned to Changsha at outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War. Evacuated with children in December 1937 to Philippines; later to Shanghai. In 1940 accompanied husband on trip to Kweiyang, site of Hsiang-Ya Medical School's war-time teaching. In June left for United States with children.
1940
1948
Lived in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. Helped organize the China Institute of New Jersey to train public school teachers in the history and culture of China.
1948
1949
Worked with China Institute in America on behalf of Chinese students; served on Wellesley-Yenching College Board.
1951
1958
Lived in Rangoon, Burma. Main activities were entertaining vistors, colleagues and friends; collecting material on the history and culture of Burma for use in United States schools and clubs and briefings of new State Department officials.
1958
Living in New Richmond, Ohio.
1977
Publication of
Hsiang-Ya Journal based on letters written from China between 1923-1943.
various
Children: Ellen Greene, Anne Greene Judy, Frederick D. Greene II, Margaret Greene Dickson.
From the guide to the Phillips F. and Ruth A. Greene papers, 1923-1977, (Manuscripts and Archives)
