Charles Greenfield
Charles Greenfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1885 |
| Died | 1979 |
Charles Greenfield (c. 1885 – 1979) was an American engineer and hospital administrator. Trained as an engineer in New York City, Greenfield later became the first administrator of the Shore Road Hospital.[1] Earlier he "helped design and build the Coney Island boardwalk."[1][2]
Career[edit]
Greenfield was a civil engineer with degrees from Cooper Union (1908)[1] and Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (1912).[2] Although he used this knowledge in the design and building of the Coney Island Boardwalk and "the first road between Little Neck and Great Neck, L.I."[2] he is best known for converting a mansion in Brooklyn[3] into Shore Road Hospital and then directing it[4] for 43 years.[1]
Prior to dying at age 94, he was the only living alumnus of his Cooper and Poly graduating classes.[2]
Family[edit]
When he died at age 94 in 1979, his living family members included his wife, two daughters, "three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Charles Greenfield". New York Times. April 15, 1979.
- ^ a b c d "Charles Greenfield". New York Daily News. April 14, 1979. p. 23.
- ^ Suzanne Spellen (aka Montrose Morris) (April 25, 2014). "Past and Present: Shore Road Hospital". Brownstoner Magazine.
- ^ "Records & Briefs New York State Appellate Division: Charles Greenfield, Director". p. 30.
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