George S. Greene, USMA 1823.

Cullum # 327

• Acting Assistant Professor of Mathematics as a First Class Cadet, 1822-1823.
• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA, September 21, 1823 to June 16, 1824.
• Assistant Instructor of Mathematics in the Artillery School for Practice, Ft. Monroe, VA, June 16 to October 6, 1824.
• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA, October 6, 1824 to August 29, 1826.
• Principal Assistant Professor of Engineering, USMA, August 29, 1826 to April 20, 1827.
• Member of the Board of Visitors, 1881.
• President and founder of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Descended from John Greene, one of the founders of Warwick, Rhode Island. His father, Caleb Greene, was a prosperous ship owner whose business was ruined by embargo. Thus he sent his son to West Point, not Brown as intended. [Cindy Adams, Thayer Papers]. The son is Francis Vinton Green, #2312.

There are three letters in the Thayer Papers that mention Greene. All are from Thayer's younger sister Abigail Thayer (born 1791). They indicate that Greene is very anxious of getting into West Point. She has high praise for him. The letters are dated 24 May 1818, 25 July 1818, and 22 May 1819 [volume 3, pp. 45, 52, and 86; copies in folder].

Green was the roommate of Alfred Mordecai and they graduated first and second in the class of 1823.

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