Burton E. Green

Burton Edmond Green (September 6, 1868 – May 13, 1965) was an American oilman and real estate developer. He was critical in the development of Beverly Hills, California, and he is credited with naming it Beverly Hills after Beverly Farms in Massachusetts.

Early life Burton Edmond Green was born on September 6, 1868, near Madison, Wisconsin. His father was Richard Green and his mother, Amanda Hill (Bush) Green. Green served as the President of the Rodeo Land and Water Company. He called the new town Beverly Hills after his fond recollections of time spent in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. Their daughter Dolly was a philanthropist and horsebreeder. The Liliore Green Rains Houses, one of the largest housing complexes on the campus of Stanford University, is named for their second daughter.

They resided in a Tudor Revival mansion at 1601 Lexington Road, North of the Beverly Hills Hotel, in Beverly Hills. It was built in 1913–1914.

Legacy The thoroughfare Burton Way in Beverly Hills is named in his honor, as is Greenway Drive. The CII Burton E. Green Campus of the Children's Institute Inc. in Torrance, California, is named in his honor. The Burton E. Green Professor of Pediatric Neuropathology at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is named in his honor. It has been held by Floyd H. Gilles since 1982. The Burton E. Green Public Policy and Leadership Award is granted to a Beverly Hills High School Student each year.