Dr. James H. Greene, professor emeritus of Industrial Engineering, at Purdue University, died October 14, 2008 at University Place, West Lafayette. He was born March 12, 1915 in Elmwood, Nebraska to Inez and Ralph W. Greene. He attended the University of Nebraska and Illinois Institute of Technology and received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa . He married Barbara Holt in 1943, and she survives. He is also survived by his daughter, Robin E. Tower of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; his son, Dr. Timothy J. Greene (wife: Nancy) of Kalamazoo, Michigan; his granddaughter, Lauren Camden (husband: Matt) and great-granddaughter, Kristen Camden of Blacksburg, Virginia. He was preceded in death by his three sisters. Dr. Greene served in the Field Artillery in World War II and the occupation of Europe after the war. He was consultant for the European Productivity Agency and was a Fulbright Lecturer at the Finland Institute of Technology in Helsinki, Finland. In the United Sates, Dr. Greene consulted for companies that included Ford Motor Company, Caterpillar, RCA and the Century Geophysical Corporation. He was a Fellow of the American Production and Inventory Control Society and served on the advisory council, accreditation committee, inventory control committee and received the Presidential Award for his contributions. Dr. Greene is the author of five engineering text books published in English, Italian, Japanese and Spanish and also editor of other engineering handbooks. Dr. Greene served on the Purdue faculty from 1948 until his retirement in 1985. He received the Best Teacher Award in Industrial Engineering and the Outstanding Instructor Award from Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary society. Dr. Greene supervised over 150 graduate students during his career. One student wrote of him - "This instructor has the highest concern for the student that I have seen in my undergraduate career. His excellence in his field of interest and others is quite evident to his students. He is continually interested in learning as well as teaching in the class room. This man is what a teacher should be." At Purdue University, his past students endowed a professorship in his name and an "outstanding graduate instructor" award. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 15, 2008 at University Place (1700 Lindberg Road) West Lafayette. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Dr. James H. Greene Scholarship Fund of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University and may be made at the memorial service or mailed to the Hartzler-Clapper Funeral Home (PO Box 509 Brookston, Indiana 47923).