Though relatively small and unheralded, the Brown wrestling community is enriched by those who share profound appreciation, respect and love for the (only true) sport, for their University and for each other.  This particular coterie of wrestling aficionados gathers each year at wrestling venues throughout the season before convening at the NCAA Finals.     Though only a few were ever either talented or fortunate enough to have attended as participants, all remain enthusiastically current on relevant events and developments leading up to and concluded by the "Big Dance."      Some other fans, especially those who frequent the more popular internet grappling forums, have already been made aware that yet another from such a small coterie will be missed from this season forward.      It has been gratifying to read the many recent posts honoring Lance Cpl. Dimitrios Gavriel (Class of  '97), who was killed in the 11/19 firefight in Fallujah:  http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/0/A15A436820C2F58185256F6C0058C1C5?opendocument    It has also served as a reminder of others whose memories are all that we have left to share.  Of those, one who always stood out among the group is Donald Greene.    He was also excluded previously from an otherwise excellent piece by Ted Witulski entitled "Wrestling is Innate"  http://www.themat.com/pressbox/pressdetail.asp?aid=10133    -----    DONALD F. GREENE '71         No one knows exactly what happened on board United Airlines flight 93, but the people who know Don Greene are certain he died a hero. Greene, the father of two children, was on his way to meet four of his brothers in Lake Tahoe, California, for a hiking vacation when the hijacked plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania, less than two hours after takeoff.     His family believes that Greene, a college wrestler and an experienced pilot, was among the passengers who tried to overtake the hijackers, possibly averting a greater tragedy. While Greene was not certified to fly a 757, according to friend and colleague Peter Fleiss, there's no question he could have landed it safely.     "We don't know precisely what occurred," says his sister Terry, "but we all know he's extremely capable-a determined leader and not somebody to shirk responsibility."     His wife, Claudette, says that no matter the circumstance, her husband always did the right thing. "Anyone who knows this guy," she says, "knows he was involved at some level, somehow."     Greene, ironically, had devoted his career to aviation safety. He was executive vice president of Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, which his father founded. The company invents and manufactures stall and wind-shear warning devices. "He ran the whole operation," says Fleiss, who describes Greene as an expert negotiator and a quick-witted manager of the company's 150 employees.     But Greene took most seriously his job as father to ten-year-old Charles and six-year-old Jody. "I used to walk with Don every day at lunch," Fleiss says. "Occasionally we'd talk about business and occasionally we'd talk about politics, but usually he wanted to talk about his kids." Fleiss would hear every detail about how Jody performed in her school play or how Charlie was doing on the ski slopes. When Terry Greene visited the office, her brother would marvel over photographs of Charlie and Jody and declare, "Aren't I lucky!" Whenever possible, he'd leave work to attend a school performance or a 2 p.m. book-report presentation. "He was always there, always positive, very involved with the kids as a dad, a friend, and a mentor," Claudette says.     The fifth of twelve siblings, Greene was the one on whom all the others leaned. When Terry was battling breast cancer, Don and their father took her on an island-hopping flight. "He was so stable," she says. "He consistently liked to do nice things for other people, liked to be dependable. He'd probably be the first person we'd call in an event such as this."     At Brown, Greene concentrated in engineering and was a member of the wrestling team. He received his M.B.A. from Pace in 1983. A certified pilot before he could drive, he also raced sailboats. He interviewed prospective students for BASC.     In the days following her brother's death, Terry Greene wrote a letter to the editor of the Boston Globe asserting that while future terrorist attacks must be prevented, "the last thing that our family wishes to see are any more innocent lives lost and their families torn apart out of panic, misplaced anger, or hateful prejudices. These are not American values." She wrote the letter with her brother in mind. "I feel like what Donny did was heroic because it was out of compassion and the best of American ideals," she says. "I didn't want that tainted by blind calls for revenge."     The above excerpt of an article which first appeared in the November/December 2001 issue of the Brown Alumni Magazine (BAM) is reprinted here with permission.    The entire article ("THE VICTIMS, 9.11.01:  the Six who Died") honoring each Brown graduate who perished in the 9/11 terrorist attacks may be found in the BAM archives at brownalumnimagazine.com  To participate in honoring Don Greene's memory at Brown, please contact SBrunner@espoma.com    Additional article on Donald Greene  Pittsburgh Post Gazette  http://www.post-gazette.com/headlines/20011028flt93greenebiop8.asp    Additional article on Dimitrios Gavriel  Brown Alumni Magazine  http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/storydetail.cfm?ID=2524