Harold Leavenworth Green

Harold Leavenworth Green (May 31, 1892 - April 13, 1951) was the chairman and founder of the H.L. Green Company five and dime store chain. He founded the chain as a product of mergers in 1932, and at the time of his death it had more than 200 stores.

Biography

He was born in Wilton, Connecticut on May 31, 1892.^[1] He graduated from Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University as a mechanical engineer in 1912. He was 59 at the time of his death.^[2]

References

^ "Harold Green in the World War I draft registration". Selective Service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Green_1917_draft.jpg. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
^ "H. L. Green is Dead. Founder of Company Bearing His Name, With 200 Branches in U.S. and Canada, Was 59.". New York Times. April 15, 1951. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C12FB3E5F147B93C7A8178FD85F458585F9. Retrieved 2008-06-15. "Harold L. Green, chairman of the board of directors and founder of H. L. Green ... Green was the principal executive of the Green from its creation in 1932."

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Name	Green, Harold L.
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Date of birth	May 31, 1892
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Date of death	April 13, 1951
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