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William R. Green Jr.

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William Raymond Green Jr. (September 7, 1889 – May 23, 1966)[1] was a judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals (later the United States Tax Court) from 1925 to 1929.

Born in Audubon, Iowa,[2] Green was the son of William R. Green, who served in the United States Congress and later as a judge of the Court of Federal Claims.[3] Green received a law degree from Creighton University in Idaho in 1911, and practiced law in that state for a time.[2] He served as an officer in the United States Army Air Force during World War I,[2] and prior to his appointment to the board of tax appeals in 1925, served in the office of the Treasury Solicitor.[3][4]

Green resigned from the board of tax appeals to accept the position of general counsel for the Corning Glass Works in Corning, New York.[5] He was succeeded on the board of tax appeals by Annabel Matthews, the first woman appointed to that body.[6] By mid-1933, Green had formed a new law firm in New York with Hugh Satterlee, another former attorney from the Bureau of Internal Revenue.[7] Green remained in practice with that firm until his retirement in the early 1950s, and moved to Delaware around 1966.[2]

Green married Georgia Lloyd, with whom he had a daughter. Green died at a Delaware hospital following a brief illness, at the age of 77.[2]

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  1. ^ The American Bar. The James C. Fifield Company. 1922. p. 187.
  2. ^ a b c d e "W. R. Green, Retired Lawyer, Dies", The Wilmington News Journal (May 23, 1966), p. 28.
  3. ^ a b "Tax Appeal Board Is Placed In Peril By Senate Delay", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 6, 1926), p. 4.
  4. ^ "Thirteen Members of Board of Tax Appeals Reappointed", National Income Tax Magazine (June 1926), vol. 4, no. 6, p. 206-210.
  5. ^ "Former Buhl Attorney Gets Important Post", The Salt Lake Tribune (April 19, 1930), p. 26.
  6. ^ "Former Georgia School Teacher Appointed To Appeals Board", The Times Dispatch (February 6, 1930), p. 5.
  7. ^ "Four Attorneys Resign From Federal Service", Washington Evening Star (June 26, 1933), p. 17.