Greene, Juan (1918-1979)--DB5057
Biographical Notes
Date of birth and date of death
1918-1979
Maiden name, place of origin
Levitstown House, Mageney, Kildare
Marital status, religious denomination, children
Social background, family connections
Son of Greene, John--DB5056
Education, occupation and public functions
Education
Trinity College Dublin: Dr. in medicine
Occupation
Central Bank: Director 1968-; British and Irish Steam Packet Co. Ltd.: Director 1965-1968; Tillage farmer in Kildare
Functions in agricultural institutions
National Farmers' Association: First president 1954-1962, chairman 1955, representative to the consultative council 1956, chairman of the organisational committee 1955, member of the first national council 1955 (re-elected in 1962); International Federation of Agricultural Producers: Chairman of the IFAP wold congresses in New Delhi, Dubrovnick (1961) and Bray, Vice-president 1964-, executive member 1962; Macra na Feirme: First president 1948-; BGA: Member of the Carlow board; Agricultural Institute Commission: Vice-chairman 1955
Functions in other institutions
Royal Air Force: Member of the war-time commission; Central Bank: Board member; Advisory committee on the marketing of agricultural produce: First chairman 1957-
Political activities
Short Biography
References
Own publications
Sources
- Daly, Mary E., The First Department: A History of the Department of Agriculture, Dublin 2002
- Doyle, Pat and Louis P. F. Smith, Milk to Market, Dublin 1989, p. 78
- Healy, Sean and Louis P. F. Smith, Farm organisations in Ireland, Dublin 1996
- Hoctor, Daniel, The Department's History, Dublin 1971, p. 259
- Irish Farmer’s Journal, 7.11.1953, p. 4; 26.02.1955, p. 1; 4.06.1955, p. 12; 23.07.1955, p. 1; 10.03.1956, p. 11; 13.10.1956, p. 1; 03.06.1961, p. 16; 14.07.1962, p. 18; 27.03.1965, p. 16; 13.04.1968, p. 3