- published: 07 Mar 2017
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Jess Green (born March 24, 1939) was mayor of American Fork, Utah between 1994 to 1998. Green was born in American Fork, Utah and attended American Fork High School, Brigham Young University (BA in English/Spanish), and attended the University of Utah School of Law for two years. He served a church mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the North Central States and Canada. Green also served in the Airborne 19th Special Forces Group. He graduated from Artillery Officers’ School in Oklahoma, Parachute School in Georgia, Helicopter Maintenance School in Alabama, and Mountaineering School in Alaska.
Prior to his service as mayor, Green spent 16 years on the American Fork Planning Commission, was a City Councilman, and spent significant time helping to develop the Central Utah Project for northern Utah County. Green was elected mayor in 1993 under the platform of managed growth. During his tenure as mayor, he was successful in getting the city a new library. He was instrumental in work with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the construction of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple.
Jesse Green (born 1971) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, record producer. He is the son of ex-big band singer Kathy Preston and jazz trombonist Urbie Green.
Green's first classical piano influence was his cousin Erin. Jesse began studying classical piano at age seven, and at age nine joined his elementary school's concert band as a trombonist. When he was ten, he was a finalist in a nationwide talent competition; winning for his piano rendition of Count Basie’s Jumping at the Woodside. At high school, he played trombone with numerous bands: District Concert Band, Regional Concert Band, All-State Jazz Ensemble, Fred Waring's U.S. Chorus, National Honors Jazz Band, District Chorus Instrument Ensemble, and the John Philip Sousa Memorial Concert Band. During his junior year in high school, he became a member of the East Stroudsburg University Jazz Ensemble. He was piano accompanist for District Chorus as well as the high school chorus, and, for five consecutive years, he was pianist for the Celebration of the Arts Festival COTA Cats (a big band founded by Phil Woods).
Actors: Lauren Tom (actress), Jon Avnet (producer), Meg Ryan (actress), Steven Brill (actor), Richard Bradford (actor), Mae Whitman (actress), Ellen Geer (actress), Eugene Roche (actor), Al Franken (actor), Ronald Bass (actor), Andy Garcia (actor), Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor), Ellen Burstyn (actress), Al Franken (producer), Ronald Bass (producer),
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