The Leroy F. Greene Collection

“Many a child in California is in seismically sound school buildings today because of the efforts of Leroy Greene. He was dedicated to sending healthy children to those schools, and he did more to achieve that goal than any legislator with whom I ever served.”

– Assembly Speaker Willie Brown

Senator Leroy Greene

Senator Leroy Greene

State Senator Leroy F. Greene was born January 31, 1918 in Newark, New Jersey. A civil engineer, Greene served in the Army Corps of Engineers during WWII. He moved to California after the war, and was first elected to the State Assembly in 1962. By the time he retired in 1998, he was the seventh-longest serving legislator in state history. Greene died in 2002.

Articles and Short Stories

Resolution presented to Leroy Greene upon his retirement from the Senate.Awards, Resolutions, and Letters

Other Documents

Photographs