Family, friends, and the Alfred State community gathered to honor the late Billy Greene
From Alfred State College,
The Alfred State College community gathered on Monday to honor Billy Greene, a friend and colleague who recently passed away. The college announced the “Let’s Save Some Lives” initiative that will provide trainings to faculty and staff in life-saving techniques.
While at work, Greene suffered a medical emergency. His colleagues started life-saving procedures until University Police arrived to take over. Emergency personnel got to the scene and transported him to a local hospital. Greene would be transferred to Strong Memorial Hospital for extended care but passed away surrounded by his loving family on October 3.
The family made the decision to help others by donating Billy’s organs. At the end of the organ walk, Cody, Billy’s oldest son, said, “Let’s Go Save Some Lives.”
Director of Facilities Jon Nickerson knew that he wanted to do something that would not only preserve the legacy that Billy established at Alfred State but to educate the faculty and staff in life-saving techniques like CPR, AED, and Narcan.
Nickerson commented, “I knew Billy and his family long before he started working at Alfred State. He is part of my family, and he will deeply missed. Setting up this training will honor him and pass on valuable information and skills to the faculty and staff at Alfred State.”
The “Let’s Save Some Lives” initiative will work closely with the college’s University Police Department to offer classes for faculty and staff to become certified in CPR, AED, and the use of Narcan. The goal is to have 33% or more of faculty and staff trained to assist if a medical emergency were to take place.
“If we train 33% of our faculty and staff, help will most likely be no more than two doors away,” added Nickerson. “We are also going to evaluate AED locations and signage around campus.”
“I’d like to commend our staff, Kyle Carbone, Jack Smith, and Nickerson who were on scene to call for help while bringing him to a place of safety and begin life-saving procedures,” added President Dr. Steven Mauro. “Our University Police, including Captain Histed, Lieutenant Bingham, Officer Rounds, and Officer Cole Bingham (at dispatch desk), coordinated a response immediately and took over providing compressions for over a half hour while medical emergency services arrived. Through their incredible acts of service, the team was able to keep Bill with us to reach advanced care.”
The campus community gathered today to not only announce the initiative but to celebrate Billy’s birthday. His family joined the college community for cake and to sing Happy Birthday.
Mauro added, “Billy was a great representative of the college. I am proud that we can continue his legacy by providing these training opportunities for our faculty and staff.
Greene worked at Alfred State since 2005 and was most recently a mechanical maintenance assistant within the facilities department. He is survived by his four sons Cody, Hunter, Noah, and Wryder along with his mother Sheila.
Read Billy’s Obituary below:
