Alan Green Jr.
United States Ambassador to Romania
In office
December 7, 1989 – January 11, 1992
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byRoger Kirk
Succeeded byJohn R. Davis Jr.
Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission
In office
June 1981 – June 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byEdward V. Hickey Jr
Succeeded byLeslie Lazar Kanuk
Personal details
Born(1925-05-01)May 1, 1925
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
DiedMarch 23, 2001(2001-03-23) (aged 75)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Cause of deathHeart failure
Political partyRepublican
EducationStanford University
OccupationBusinessman

Alan "Punch" Green Jr. (May 1, 1925 – March 23, 2001) was the United States Ambassador to Romania from 1989 to 1992. Green's service began just before the overthrow and execution of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. He evacuated women and children from the grounds and slept on his office couch for ten days due to explosions around Bucharest.,[1][2] In May 1990, he was recalled “to Washington for 'consultations.' A State Department spokeswoman described the action as a 'public signal of our concern for the process of free and fair elections.'”[3]

Business careers

Green was chairman of the board and owner of Tom Benson Glass Co. He went on to own Western Batteries Inc. of Beaverton, Oregon. Green was a recovering alcoholic and was one of the founders of Comprehensive Care Corp., which provided treatment for alcoholism.[4]

Political career

Green chaired the campaigns for former Oregon Governors Victor Atiyeh and Tom McCall and headed the Oregon campaign committees of presidents Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.[4]

After serving two terms as chairman of the Port of Portland, Ronald Reagan appointed him chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission in 1981. Green “rated guiding the Shipping Act of 1984 through Congress as one of his proudest achievements” of his four year tenure.[4]

Personal life

Green was valedictorian of his class at Lincoln High School (Portland, Oregon) and served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II before graduating from Stanford University in 1949.[4] At Stanford he was known as Mr. Republican.[5]

Green died at his home from heart failure.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Alan Green; Ambassador, 75". The New York Times. July 29, 2001. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Alan Green Jr. (1925–2001)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Jim (May 10, 1990). "U.S. recalls envoy to Romania as sign of concern over elections". UPI. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Alan Green; Noted Oregon Republican". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Oregon's 'Mr. Republican'". No. July/August 2001. Stanford Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.