DG Mel Greene and wife Laura Lowry-Greene A solemn moment at the end of the closing ceremony.   Lion Mel Greene  Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  Received his BA from The University of Tulsa in 1958. In business Mel worked for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company for 41 years serving as District Manager in Oklahoma City, Chicago, and Milwaukee, Region Dealer Development Manager and Real Estate Manager for 5 years in Cleveland, Ohio and Original Equipment Account Executive in Kansas City. Mel was awarded the Goodyear Spirit Award for The Replacement Sales Division in 1984 while he was District Manager in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1987 Mel Married Laura and they moved to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1991 Mel and Laura moved to Shawnee, Kansas. Mel retired from Goodyear in 1999. Mel and Laura moved to Columbus, Kansas in 2006 where he and his wife Lion Laura Lowry-Greene own Maple UnCommon Hotel & Art Gallery. Mel has two sons, Charles lives in San Antonio, Texas, where he is a teacher. His other son Wayne lives in Tulsa and works for the Tulsa World news paper. Mel has three grandchildren; Caleb, Monica and Nathan who live in San Antonio. Mel is a member of the Columbus Lions Club where he served as Club 2nd Vice president, 1st Vice President, President and Board of Directors for 3 years. I attended the Great Plains Leadership Institution in 2009.  In Multiple District 17-S he served as Convention Chairman, Zone Chairman, 2nd vice District Governor, 1st Vice District Governor, and is now The District Governor Elect for the year 2011-2012.