Background
Greene, Richard Thaddeus was born on July 18, 1913 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Richard and Martha (Black) Greene.
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Richard Thaddeus Greene
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Bachelor of Science, Hampton University, 1938. Doctor in Commercial Sciences (honorary), St. Johns University, 1992.
Career
Assistant treasurer Citizen's & Southern Bank & Trust Company, Philadelphia, 1938-1941. Representative, business manager Associate Publications, Incorporated, New York York City, 1945-1958. National advertising representative, secretary/business manager Interstate United Newspapers, 1958-1960.
Executive assistant to president Carver Federal Savings Bank, 1960, manager Brooklyn office, 1961, assistant secretary, manager Brooklyn office, 1961-1963, assistant vice president, manager Brooklyn office, 1963-1966, vice president, manager Brooklyn office, 1966-1968, executive vice president, 1968, president, 1969-1995, chairman, 1995—1997. Board directors finance committee HUDC, Finance Services Corporation, Harlem Urban Development Corporation, New York City Partnership Inc., Thrift Associations Service Corporation, Federal Home Loan Bank New York. Board advisors Black Enterprise.
Achievements
Membership
Former board directors American Savings & Loan League, Inc., Queens Council on the Arts, Uptown Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Tri-State, New York Urban League, Inc. Trustee George E. Meares Memorial Scholarship Fund. Former trustee Citizen's Budget Commission, New York City.
Board directors, chairman finance committee Apollo Theatre Foundation. Elder Westminster Presbyterian Church Major United States Army, 1941-1945. Member New York League of Savings Institutes (legislation committee), Harlem Business Alliance, National Freedom Day Association, One Hundred Black Men Incorporated, New York York Hampton Alumni Club, Omega Psi Phi (Man of Year award, Citizen of Year), Sigma Pi Phi.
Connections
Married Virginia L. Lea. Children: Cheryll Y., Richard I. Junior.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1938
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1992
Career
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1938 - 1941
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Awards
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Recipient Outstanding Citizen award New York Recorder, Citizenship award Brooklyn HOme for the Aged, Achievement award for contribution to community Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brooklyn, Black Bank President award Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, New York, Citation of Appreciation award Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, Professionalism & Excellence in Banking award Urban Bankers Coalition Inc., Banking award Harlem Commonwealth Council, Booker T. Washington award New York Hampton Alumni Club Inc.Recipient Outstanding Citizen award New York Recorder, Citizenship award Brooklyn HOme for the Aged, Achievement award for contribution to community Cornerstone Baptist Church, Brooklyn, Black Bank President award Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, New York, Citation of Appreciation award Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York City, Professionalism & Excellence in Banking award Urban Bankers Coalition Inc., Banking award Harlem Commonwealth Council, Booker T. Washington award New York Hampton Alumni Club Inc.