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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [84-85]

        WALTER D. GREENE, M.D., is the seventh son of STEPHEN S. and LYDIA
     CHASE GREENE, and was born in Starksboro, Vt., April 20, 1853. The
     rudimentary education of Dr. GREENE was gained in the district school
     of his native village. Later he had the advantages of a classical and
     scientific course in the Union Springs, N.Y., Seminary. His academic
     education being finished, he removed to Buffalo, where he entered the
     Medical Department of the University of Buffalo, graduating in 1876.
        For two years after his graduation. Dr. GREENE was connected with
     the staff of the Rochester City Hospital as Junior Assistant Physician
     and House Physician. In 1878 he went to Mendon, Monroe County, where
     he practiced till 1880. In the fall of that year he returned to
     Buffalo, and opened an office, presently obtaining an extensive
     practice. In 1882 Dr. GREENE became District Physician of the Buffalo
     Health Department. In December, 1896, he was appointed Deputy Health
     Officer. His efficient services won the favorable recognition of the
     public and the authorities, and on the 1st of January, 1902, he was
     appointed by MAYOR KNIGHT head of the city Health Department, serving
     until 1907.
        Dr. GREENE is a 33d degree Scottish Rite Mason. He is a member of
     the Acacia Club, the New York State Medical Society, the Erie County
     Medical Society, the American Public Health Association, and the
     American Medical Association. He also belongs to the Buffalo Histor-
     ical Society, the Buffalo Club, and the Whig Hall, the last named
     organization being connected with Princeton University, and being the
     second oldest literary body in the United States.
        November 28, 1878, Dr. GREENE married MARY PURSEL. The children of
     the union are: FRANK S., who was born December 17, 1880, and died in
     infancy, and CLAYTON W., who was born March 14, 1884.

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