John Edgar Green

Background

Green, John Edgar was born on April 19, 1880 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Son of John Edgar and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1901. Bachelor of Laws, University of Texas, 1909.

Career

Reporter on Houston (Texas) Chronicle, 1901-1903. Reporter 1904-1905, city editor, 1906-1907, Houston Post. Admitted to Texas bar, 1908, and practiced in Houston.

Assistant criminal district attorney, Galveston and Harris counties, Texas, 1910-1912.

United State Attorneys, Southern District of Texas, 1914-1919. Assistant general attorney, Gulf Refining Company, Gulf Production Company, and Gulf Pipe Lincolnshire Company, of Houston, Texas, 1919-1928.

General attorney Gulf Oil Corporation and its subsidiaries since 1929.

Achievements

• John Edgar Green has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Texas Bar Association, Harris County Bar Association Delta Theta, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Houston, Tejas, River Oaks, Houston Country.

Connections

Married Anne Gentry Skinner, April.