Background
Greeley, Richard Folsom was born on April 29, 1915 in Hudson, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Willis Samuel and Eleanor (Stratton) Greeley.
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Richard Folsom Greeley
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Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Tufts University, 1936. Master of Science in Engineering, Harvard University, 1939.
Career
Junior sanitary engineering aid, Department Public Health, Massachusetts, 1939-1941; sanitary engineer Camp Edwards, United States War Department, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1941-1943; sanitary engineer N.E. regional office, VA, Boston, 1946; sanitary engineer, Institute Inter-American Affairs, Mexico, Peru, Nicaragua, 1946-1953; sanitary engineer, Metcalf & Eddy, Massachusetts, 1953-1955; chief const. mass division, W.P.C., 1955-1983; commissioner, Eastern Water District, Grantham, N.H., 1984-1988. Health officer Town of Grantham, 1985-1991.
Achievements
Politics
There is a large range of issues where Church should interact with politics in such areas as poverty and inequality, environmental issues, nuclear and chemical weapons and the harm caused by use of drugs and drinking.
Views
Every Church member should be trusted with responsibilities. In building the local Methodist groups or 'societies', they should be trained to maintain the meetings and give pastoral care and challenge to the members.
Membership
Track official Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1983-1990. Captain United States Army, 1943-1946. Member American Society of Civil Engineers (life), American Academy Environmental Engineers, Water Pollution Control Federation (life), Northeast Water Pollution Control Association (life, secretary-treasurer 1960-1967, Bedell award 1969), Northeast Water Works Association (life), Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Evelyn Davenport, September 7, 1946. Children: Roger, Richard, Donald.
