Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974 Page: 3
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Green
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from the University of Texas in May of 1938. I had
already received my license to practice law a month
or two earlier.
I went to work for R. G. Storey, who later
became the dean of the law school at SMU. I was with
him for ten years. I was a partner with him. Then I
left him after World War II--I think about 1948, I'd
been with him about ten years--and struck out on my
own.
I have been by myself and was associated with
others. One of the greatest that I was associated
with was Lewis B. Lefkowitz, one of the sons of a
wonderful rabbi, David Lefkowitz. David Lefkowitz
was his father. On his death we formed a firm which
now I am the head of, the Green, Gilmore, Crutcher,
Rothpletz, and Burke. I might say that my son and
daughter are seventh generation Texans. We have
been here that long.
Your roots go back a long way in Texas history then.
That's right.
When did you enter the service?
On Friday, February 13, 1942. I was inducted in Dallas,
Texas, put on a bus for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and when IMarcello:
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Green, John Plath. Oral History Interviews with John Plath Green, 1974, book, {1976-02-06,1976-03-01}; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1944578/m1/4/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.