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.

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)