Background
Greene, Lee Seifert was born on May 31, 1905 in Esbon, Kansas, United States. Son of Eugene C. and Margaret E. (Cline) Greene.
Greene, Lee Seifert was born on May 31, 1905 in Esbon, Kansas, United States. Son of Eugene C. and Margaret E. (Cline) Greene.
B.M., U. Kansas, 1927; Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1930; postgraduate (German-American exchange fellow), U. Leipzig, 1930-1931; A.M., University of Wisconsin, 1932; Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1934; postgraduate, Brookings Institution, 1933-1934; postgraduate, University of Michigan, summer 1935.
Social Science Research Council post-doctoral fellow, 1937-1938;
instructor music, U. Kansas, 1926-1930;
instructor, University of Wisconsin, 1934-1936;
research associate and supervisor public administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1936-1937, 1938-1941;
lecturer, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1937;
assistant professor political science, U. Tennessee, 1938-1939;
associate professor, U. Tennessee, 1939-1945;
professor, U. Tennessee, 1945-1986;
Distinguished professor, U. Tennessee, 1965-1975;
professor emeritus, U. Tennessee, 1975-1986;
acting head department political science, U. Tennessee, 1942-1946;
head, U. Tennessee, 1946-1971;
director, Bureau Public Administration, 1945-1971. Executive director Harris County (Houston) Home Rule Commission, 1956-1957. Executive secretary, Knoxville, Knox County Metropolitan Charter Commission, 1957-1959.
Consultant Knoxville Metropolitan Planning Commission, 1960. Visiting professor U. Alabama, summer 1948, University of California at Los Angeles, summer 1949, Duke, summer 1950, Syracuse University, 1950-1951, U. Georgia, 1961, 65. Member civil service board, Knoxville, 1941-1947,chairman, 1945-1947.
Cons. Tennessee Valley Authority, 1941-1942, Southern Regional Education Board, 1952-1953, Foreign Operations Administration, 1954. Chairman research committee Constitutional Convention, Tennessee, 1953. Consultant International Cooperation Administration,1955, Memphis Charter Committee, 1966, Shelby County Structure Committee, 1969.
Public panel member and labor arbitrator National War Labor Board, National Wage Stabilization Board, United States Conciliation Service, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Arbitrator Tennessee Valley Authority. Member of national panel arbitrators American Arbitration Association.
Member American Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association (president 1957-1958), National Municipal League, American Society Public Administration, National Institute Public Affairs (trustee 1961-1971), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Mu Alpha. Lodges: Masons.
Married Dorothy H. Kuersteiner, December 24, 1932. Children: Harriet Lee, Robert Everist.