James Wyche Green

Background

Green, James Wyche was born on August 5, 1915 in Alton, Virginia, United States. Son of William Ivey and Mary (Crowder) Green.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1938. Master of Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1939. Postgraduate, Duke University, 1947—1948.

Doctor of Philosophy, University North Carolina, 1953. Postgraduate, School Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1959.

Career

Research fellow, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1938-1939;

research field supervisor, Virginia Experiment Station, 1939;

assistant specialist program planning, North Carolina State College Extension Service, 1939-1942;

vice president, Greever's, Inc., 1946;

teacher high school, farm operator, 1946-1947;

assistant professor rural sociology, North Carolina State College, 1949-1954;

from associate chief to chief community development advisory to, Government of Pakistan, Karachi, 1954-1959;

professor rural sociology department, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1960;

community development adviser to, Government of Southern Rhodesia, Agency for International Development, 1960-1964;

chief community development, local government adviser to, Government of Peru, 1964-1967;

chief urban community development adviser to, Government of Panama, 1967-1969;

professor, department chairman sociology and anthropology, U. North Carolina, Charlotte, 1969-1970;

chief methodology division, Bureau Technology Assistance, Agency for International Development, Washington, 1970-1974;

sociologist/anthropologist consultant, Agency for International Development, Washington, 1974-1975;

contractor, Agency for International Development, Yemen Arab Republic, 1975;

private practice consultant, since 1975.

Achievements

• James Wyche Green has been listed as a noteworthy Sociologist, anthropologist, psychotherapist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • And it Was Never Dull (A Memoir)

    (...Born in 1915 during World War I in southside Virginia ...)

Membership

Served from 1st lieutenant to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Lieutenant colonel Reserve retired 1975. Fellow American Anthropological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society Applied Anthropology.

Member Reserve Officers Association, Public Citizen, American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause, Amnesty International, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Pearl O'Neal Cornett, March 2, 1940 (deceased 1982). 1 child, Margaret Lydia. Married Arlene Borkenhagen, March 26, 1983.

Father:

William Ivey Green

Mother:

Mary (Crowder) Green

Spouse:

Arlene Borkenhagen

Spouse:

Pearl O'Neal Cornett

child:

Margaret Lydia Green