At the ATU's annual convention in Anaheim, Calif., in 1989, Mr. Green was elected international secretary-treasurer. He was responsible for the administration of day-to-day operations of the union, which was founded in 1892, and for maintaining its official records.
Mr. Green held that position until retiring in 2000.
"He'd come over from Baltimore to our headquarters on Wisconsin Avenue early in the morning, and he'd have the coffee when we came to work, and then he'd go home around 3 p.m. to beat the afternoon rush," Mr. George said.
Through the years, Mr. George and Mr. Green developed a deep friendship.
"I got to know him in 1975," Mr. George said. "We enjoyed playing golf together and going to Obrycki's to eat crabs. I'm surely going to miss him. We're all going to miss him."
Mr. Green had been a member of the steering committee of the AFL-CIO's Secretary-Treasurers' Conference and chairman of the ATU's committee on political education.
In addition to his work with the union, Mr. Green had been a board member of the United Way of Central Maryland and later became chairman of allocations.
He was a founding member of the Baltimore chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants, an organization that helped African-American students become certified public accountants. He also had served on the board of the A. Philip Randolph Institute.
"My brother accomplished great things," said Edward D. Green of Baltimore.
Mr. Green was a longtime active parishioner and finance committee member of Northwood-Appold United Methodist Church, 4499 Loch Raven Blvd., where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Also surviving are his wife of 56 years, the former Loraine Elizabeth Johnson, a retired Westside Elementary School teacher; two sons, Oliver W. Green Jr. of Suitland and Michael G. Green of Baltimore; and two grandsons.
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