About Thomas H. Green

Thomas Henry Green SJ (* 19 March 1932 in Rochester, New York; † 13 March 2009 in Manila, Philippines) was an american Jesuit, spiritual director, educator and writer of spiritual books, who taught primarily in the Philippines.

Thomas Henry Green was born as son of George Charles († 1973) and Marie Margaret Green († 1990). After graduating from catholic The Aquinas Institute of Rochester, he entered the noviciate of the Society of Jesus in Poughkeepsie on September 7, 1949. He studied philosophy and theology at Bellarmine College in Plattsburgh, New York, and at Woodstock College in Maryland. At Fordham University he earned a M.A. degree in education (1957) and a M.S. degree in physics (1960). On 19 June 1963, he was ordained to the priesthood. In 1968, he received his doctorate (PhD) in Philosophy of science from the University of Notre Dame under Ernan McMullin.