The Diary of Lowell Green was written in 1942 by a 16-year-old from Findlay, Ohio. The diary describes Green’s complicated family life, work, and schooling. Green was a devoted Lutheran and his diary covers his involvement in church activities.

Rev. Dr. Lowell Clark Green was born on November 29, 1925 in Finlay, Ohio. He was the son of Clark Frederick Green (1895 – 1985) and Gertrude Grace Kibler Green (1901 – 1993). He was the second of four children with two sisters, Virginia May Green Arnold (1921 – 1978) and Lois Green (b. 1925), and one brother, Robert Owen Green (1929 – 1982). Lowell and Lois were fraternal twins.

Lowell attended Wartburg College in Iowa where he received a degree in English in 1946. In 1949, he graduated from Wartburg Seminary. In 1955, Lowell received his doctorate in theology from the University of Erlangen in Germany.

A year after receiving his doctorate, Lowell married Violet E. Handahl Green (1920 – 1980) on July 29, 1956 in Minnesota. The couple had four surviving children together; Daniel Green, Katherin Green Olah, Sonja Green Link, and Barbara Green Savereide. In 1989, 9 years after the death of his wife, Violet, Lowell was remarried to a woman named Vilma. Lowell’s son, Daniel, is an astronomer at Harvard University and named an Asteroid (Asteroid 12164) for him. The Lowellgreen asteroid was discovered on September 30, 1973 at the Palomar Observatory in California.

Lowell was active both as an academic and in his church lift. He taught in public universities and seminaries in the United States and Canada. He was a pastor at churches in Texas, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Chicago. He was also a pianist and organist. After retirement he lived in Buffalo, New York.

Rev. Dr. Lowell Clark Green died on July 24, 2014 at the age of 88. He is buried in the Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Sulphur Springs, Ohio.

The Diary of Lowell Green was written in 1942 by a 16-year-old from Findlay, Ohio. The diary describes Green’s complicated family life, work, and schooling. Green was a devoted Lutheran and his diary covers his involvement in church activities.

Green experienced a difficult family life; his father lost his job, his mother spent time in a mental hospital, his parents fought, and they eventually moved to Wyoming without him or his sister. Green lived in the basement apartment of his pastor. He attended school and wrote about getting out of gym class. He also worked as a soda jerk and cleaning for a lady.

The diary is in poor condition. It is missing the cover and spine entirely, leaving some of the pages loose. Some of the later pages have large ink splotches that obscure words.