[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 119 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H7381-H7382]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO RICHARD T. GREENE

  (Mr. FLAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FLAKE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a patriarch 
of American banking and finance. In New York City and across the 
Nation, his name and his professional legacy command respect and 
admiration. Richard T. Greene, the chairman of the board of directors 
of Carver Federal Savings Bank, the Nation's largest African-American 
financial institution, has maintained a life-long commitment to the 
success of America's financial services industry and the well-being of 
his community. Today, we join a host of other organizations and 
institutions that have already recognized his enduring contribution to 
mankind.
  Richard Greene has been with Carver for 35 years and has served as 
its president and CEO for 25 of those years. Carver, founded in 1949, 
has more than $368 million in total assets and eight offices in New 
York City and Long Island. His leadership has been recognized by 
numerous newspapers, journals, and periodicals. Fortune, the Daily 
News, American Banker, Black Enterprise, and Newsday have featured the 
growth and success experienced by Carver under Greene's stewardship.
  Carver continues to fulfill its founding philosophy of operating in 
the best interests of the people in the communities it serves. Since 
1986, the bank has awarded 401 scholarships totaling $312,970 to 
children of its customers through its Scholarship Awards Program.
  Greene served two terms as a member of the board of directors of the 
Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, second district, which services 
thrift 

[[Page H7382]]
institutions in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 
Islands. He also serves as board member of the Thrift Associations 
Services Corp., Harlem Urban Development Corp., New York City Housing 
Partnership, American Savings and Loan League, and the Apollo Theater 
Foundation.
  Born and raised in Charleston, SC, and a graduate of Hampton 
University in Virginia, Greene studied business administration at New 
York University and the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of 
Banking and Finance. During Greene's service in the Army, he received 
the Army Commendation Medal for exceptional service. He was discharged 
with the rank of captain and is now a major in the Army Reserves. He 
received an honorary doctor of commercial science degree from St. 
John's University, Jamaica, NY, on May 24, 1992.
  Greene is an active member of the communities in which he lives and 
works--as an elder in the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, 
NY; as a member of the New York Hampton Unviersity Alumni Association, 
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, One Hundred Black Men, Inc., and of the 
President's Council of the Museum of the city of New York. He has 
received numerous honors and awards from fraternity, religious, social, 
service, business, and educational groups.
  In addition to his stellar professional experience, Greene takes 
tremendous pride in his family. He is married to the lovely M. Virginia 
Lea. This dynamic couple is blessed with two children, Cheryll and 
Richard, Jr., and three grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, Richard Greene is an exceptional man and worthy of 
this body's recognition.


                          ____________________