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'''Chief Greene was not only one of the most beloved fire chiefs this city has had, but he was truly a great humanitarian. He gave his life to service and helping improve the fabric of Shreveport for the better.''' - former [[Mayor]] Ollie Tyler.</blockquote>   

'''Chief Greene was not only one of the most beloved fire chiefs this city has had, but he was truly a great humanitarian. He gave his life to service and helping improve the fabric of Shreveport for the better.''' - former [[Mayor]] Ollie Tyler.</blockquote>   

Greene was a son of Dallas Greene, Sr. (1896-1970), and the former Eunice Lester (1897-1975). He graduated in 1941 from the former Fair Park High School in Shreveport and was employed by Arkansas Fuel Oil, at which he played fast pitch softball.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Greene&GSfn=Dallas&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2016&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=156997242&df=all&|title=Dallas Wharton Greene, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref> Called to military service after joining the fire department, he rose from private to sergeant between boot camp and deployment to the European Theater of Operations.  

Greene was a son of Dallas Greene, Sr. (1896-1970), and the former Eunice Lester (1897-1975). He graduated in 1941 from the former Fair Park High School in Shreveport and was employed by Arkansas Fuel Oil, at which he played fast pitch softball.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Greene&GSfn=Dallas&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2016&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=156997242&df=all&|title=Dallas Wharton Greene, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref> Called to military service after joining the fire department, he rose from private to sergeant between boot camp and deployment to the European Theater of Operations.  

Upon his elevation to the chief's position, Greene worked to complete or to renovate at least fifteen buildings, including fire stations, a maintenance building, and the regional fire training academy. He built fire stations in outlying areas before the shopping centers arrived in later decade. "Those were considered the very extreme of the city limits, but he was a visionary and he knew one day the city would grow there — and it did," said Gene Barattini, a homeland security specialist in Bossier Parish and the author of Greene's [[biography]] entitled, ''Chief Dallas W. Greene, Architect of the Modern Shreveport Fire Department.''<ref name=death/> In 1965, Chief Greene appointed firefighter [[Joe Lawler]] to help organize the [[Louisiana State University]] Fire College in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=joe-kenneth-lawler&pid=191255387&fhid=10218%7C|title=Joe Kenneth Lawler|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 15, 2019|accessdate=January 16, 2019}}</ref>  

Upon his elevation to the chief's position, Greene worked to complete or to renovate at least fifteen buildings, including fire stations, a maintenance building, and the regional fire training academy. He built fire stations in outlying areas before the shopping centers arrived in later decade. "Those were considered the very extreme of the city limits, but he was a visionary and he knew one day the city would grow there — and it did," said Gene Barattini, a homeland security specialist in Bossier Parish and the author of Greene's [[biography]] entitled, ''Chief Dallas W. Greene, Architect of the Modern Shreveport Fire Department.''<ref name=death/> In 1965, Chief Greene appointed firefighter [[Joe Lawler]] to help organize the [[Louisiana State University]] Fire College in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=joe-kenneth-lawler&pid=191255387&fhid=10218%7C|title=Joe Kenneth Lawler|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 15, 2019|accessdate=January 16, 2019}}</ref>  

During the [[Cold War]], Greene worked to establish emergency management and authorized large-scale disaster drills. Sandy Davis, a retired department official who was Greene's chauffeur in the former chief's last years, called his mentor "a man with a servant's heart who did things for our city not only as a fire chief, but as a citizen. ... I know it sounds cliché, but a man like him only comes around once in a lifetime."<ref name=death/>

During the [[Cold War]], Greene worked to establish emergency management and authorized large-scale disaster drills. Sandy Davis, a retired department official who was Greene's chauffeur in the former chief's last years, called his mentor "a man with a servant's heart who did things for our city not only as a fire chief, but as a citizen. ... I know it sounds cliché, but a man like him only comes around once in a lifetime."<ref name=death/>

Greene died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-eight and was survived by his widow, the former Alice Elizabeth Whittington (July 24, 1923 &ndash; December 2, 2017), a Shreveport native who worked for various attorneys and title companies. Mrs. Greene was known as the "First Lady" of the Shreveport Fire Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=alice-elizabeth-whittington-greene&pid=187421654&fhid=6175|title=Alice Elizabeth Whittington Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> Their daughter, Valerie Greene Rockett, predeceased him. His brother Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015) was a well-known Shreveport businessman who widely advertised his Bobby L. Greene Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. The Greenes' father was also a plumber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=151843250|title=Bobby L. Greene|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref>

Greene died in Shreveport at the age of eighty-eight and was survived by his widow, the former Alice Elizabeth Whittington (July 24, 1923 &ndash; December 2, 2017), a Shreveport native who worked for various attorneys and title companies. Mrs. Greene was known as the "First Lady" of the Shreveport Fire Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=alice-elizabeth-whittington-greene&pid=187421654&fhid=6175|title=Alice Elizabeth Whittington Greene|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=December 5, 2017}}</ref> Their daughter, Valerie Greene Rockett, predeceased him. His brother Bobby L. Greene (1926-2015) was a well-known Shreveport businessman who widely advertised his Bobby L. Greene Plumbing and Heating Co., Inc. The Greenes' father was also a plumber.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=151843250|title=Bobby L. Greene|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 18, 2017}}</ref>