Background
Greene, Roger Sherman was born on May 29, 1881 in Westborough, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Crosby and Mary Jane (Forbes) Greene.
Greene, Roger Sherman was born on May 29, 1881 in Westborough, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel Crosby and Mary Jane (Forbes) Greene.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1901, A.M., 1902.
Vice and deputy consul-general at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1903-1904. Vice consul at Nagasaki, Japan, 1904-1905. Vice and deputy consul at Kobe, 1905.
Commercial agent and later consul at Vladivostok, Siberia, 1905-1907. Consul at Dalny, Manchuria, 1907-1909, at Harbin, China, 1909-1911. Consul-general at Hankow, China, 1911-1914.
Resident director in China of China Medical Board of Rockefeller Foundation, 1914-1921, director, 1921-1925, general director, 1925-1927. Vice president in Far East of Rockefeller Foundation, 1927-1929. Director China Medical Board, Indiana, 1929-1935, World Citizens Association, Chicago, 1939.
Acting director Peiping Union Medical College, 1927-1935. Chairman American Committee for Non-Participation in Japanese Aggression, 1938-1941. Associate director, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, 1940-1941.
Consultant, Division of Cultural Relations, Department of State, 1942-1944.
Fellow American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Member American Society International Law, Council on Foreign Relations, American Oriental Society, Chinese Medical Association (honorary), Chinese Physiological Society.
Married Kate Brown, May 8, 1920. Children: Edward Forbes, Katharine Curtis.