Fitzhugh Green Jr. (September 12, 1917 – September 5, 1990) was an executive with Vicks Chemical Company and then with ''Life'' magazine. In 1954, he was the deputy vice-chairman for the National Citizens for Eisenhower/Nixon Congressional Committee.

Biography

Fitzhugh Green Jr. was born in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States, on September 12, 1917, to

Fitzhugh Green Sr. Fitzhugh Green Sr. (August 16, 1888 – December 2, 1947) was an arctic explorer on the Crocker Land Expedition and a writer. Biography He was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on August 16, 1888, to Charles Edward Green, a cotton broker; and Isabelle ...

and Natalie Wheeler Elliot. Green attended the Beaseley School in

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, and the St. Paul's School where he graduated in 1936. He completed his first year of

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in 1940 but was forced to leave when his vision degenerated. In 1940 he entered the

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. Green worked at the

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from 1954 until 1966. In 1966 he took a two-year

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to work as a special assistant on oceanography and foreign affairs for Senator Claiborne Pell. Returning to USIA in 1968, Green served as deputy director for Far East operations. He resigned from USIA in 1970 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for a Congressional seat from

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. Green returned to government service as associate administrator of the

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from 1971 to 1977 and 1983–1987. On retirement from the EPA, Green joined the private enterprise of William D. Ruckelshaus Associates as vice president of international operations. Fitzhugh Green Jr. died on September 5, 1990, of

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Publications

*''A Change in the Weather:'' *''American Propaganda Abroad'' ( Hippocrene Books, 1988; ) *''George Bush: An Intimate Portrait'' : ( Hippocrene Books, 1989; )

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Fitzhugh 1917 births 1990 deaths Life (magazine) people St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni People of the United States Environmental Protection Agency