Biography:

City manager, college administrator, university president. Born– July 22, 1929, in Mars Hill, Me. Parents– Clayton John and Annie Glenna (Shaw) Green.  Married–Elizabeth Jean Zirkelback Ross, May 27, 1965. Children–one. Education– Bates College, A.B., 1951; University of Alabama, M.A., 1955.  Military service: Korean conflict.  Served as research director for the Alabama League of Municipalities, 1955-1957; city manager, Mountain Brook, Ala., 1957-1971; director of development, Birmingham Southern College, 1966-1971, Dickinson College, 1971-1972; president, Livingston University (Ala.), 1972-1994; taught in University of Alabama, Extension Division. Graduate fellow of the Southern Regional Training Program in Public Administration. President of University of South Alabama Foundation, 2004. Member of Phi Beta Kappa. Granted status of president emeritus on his retirement at the University of West Alabama, 1993. Honorary LL.D., Jacksonville State College, 1975.  Died March 26, 2012.

Source:

Marquis who’s who online

Joint_Publication(s):

Municipal Finance in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama League of Municipalities and Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1956.

Revenues for Alabama’s Cities. Montgomery, Ala.; Alabama League of Municipalities and Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1956.