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Samuel E. Allen, Williams Professor Emeritus, Dies, 90
Samuel Edward Allen, associate professor emeritus at Williams College, died Saturday afternoon at the North Adams hospital at the age of 90. Death followed a short illness.
Prof. Allen, who had resided at 26 Southworth St., Williamstown, was born May 29, 1873, in Linewood, N. Y., a son of the late Robert Hutton and Helen (Murdock) Allen, and believed to have attained the greatest age of any member of the faculty or administration at Williams College. Mr. Allen was a 1903 graduate of Williams College, and received his master of arts degree from Harvard in 1904.
At Williams 35Years
He served as instructor in English at the Case Institute of Technology from 1904 to 1906, when he joined the department of English at Williams, where he taught for 35years before retiring in 1941. From 1944 to 1946 he served as headmaster of the Pine Cobble School in Williamstown.
Active in Williamstown affairs, Mr. Allen was a member of the School Committee from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1933. He was chairman of the Williamstown branch of the American Red Cross from 1941 to 1952, and chairman of the Berkshire County Red Cross Chapter from 1946 to 1950. He also served as a member of the building committee for Broad Brook and Grant Schools, and as chairman of the Democratic Town Committee.
In June, 1954, he was the recipient of the "Joseph's Coat," given annually at reunion time to an alumnus of Williams for loyalty and devotion.
Survivors Listed
He leaves one son, John F. Allen of New York City, a graduate of Williams with the class 1930; two brothers, Archibald J. Allen of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George R. Allen of Linewood. At his death, Mr. Allen was his class agent. His late wife was the former Helen Frazier.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., tomorrow, at the Sherman-Burbank Memorial Chapel in East Lawn Cemetery in Williamstown. Burial will be in the Williams College Cemetery.
The family will meet friends at the Allen residence at 26 Southworth St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
The Hopkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The North Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA, Monday, 12 Aug 1963, P 3 (Newspapers.com)
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Wife - Helen Nellie (Frazier) Allen (28 Nov 1875 - 7 Jan 1916) died in childbirth in Williamstown, MA.
Samuel E. Allen, Williams Professor Emeritus, Dies, 90
Samuel Edward Allen, associate professor emeritus at Williams College, died Saturday afternoon at the North Adams hospital at the age of 90. Death followed a short illness.
Prof. Allen, who had resided at 26 Southworth St., Williamstown, was born May 29, 1873, in Linewood, N. Y., a son of the late Robert Hutton and Helen (Murdock) Allen, and believed to have attained the greatest age of any member of the faculty or administration at Williams College. Mr. Allen was a 1903 graduate of Williams College, and received his master of arts degree from Harvard in 1904.
At Williams 35Years
He served as instructor in English at the Case Institute of Technology from 1904 to 1906, when he joined the department of English at Williams, where he taught for 35years before retiring in 1941. From 1944 to 1946 he served as headmaster of the Pine Cobble School in Williamstown.
Active in Williamstown affairs, Mr. Allen was a member of the School Committee from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1933. He was chairman of the Williamstown branch of the American Red Cross from 1941 to 1952, and chairman of the Berkshire County Red Cross Chapter from 1946 to 1950. He also served as a member of the building committee for Broad Brook and Grant Schools, and as chairman of the Democratic Town Committee.
In June, 1954, he was the recipient of the "Joseph's Coat," given annually at reunion time to an alumnus of Williams for loyalty and devotion.
Survivors Listed
He leaves one son, John F. Allen of New York City, a graduate of Williams with the class 1930; two brothers, Archibald J. Allen of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George R. Allen of Linewood. At his death, Mr. Allen was his class agent. His late wife was the former Helen Frazier.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., tomorrow, at the Sherman-Burbank Memorial Chapel in East Lawn Cemetery in Williamstown. Burial will be in the Williams College Cemetery.
The family will meet friends at the Allen residence at 26 Southworth St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
The Hopkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The North Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA, Monday, 12 Aug 1963, P 3 (Newspapers.com)
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Wife - Helen Nellie (Frazier) Allen (28 Nov 1875 - 7 Jan 1916) died in childbirth in Williamstown, MA.
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Samuel E. Allen, Williams Professor Emeritus, Dies, 90
Samuel Edward Allen, associate professor emeritus at Williams College, died Saturday afternoon at the North Adams hospital at the age of 90. Death followed a short illness.
Prof. Allen, who had resided at 26 Southworth St., Williamstown, was born May 29, 1873, in Linewood, N. Y., a son of the late Robert Hutton and Helen (Murdock) Allen, and believed to have attained the greatest age of any member of the faculty or administration at Williams College. Mr. Allen was a 1903 graduate of Williams College, and received his master of arts degree from Harvard in 1904.
At Williams 35Years
He served as instructor in English at the Case Institute of Technology from 1904 to 1906, when he joined the department of English at Williams, where he taught for 35years before retiring in 1941. From 1944 to 1946 he served as headmaster of the Pine Cobble School in Williamstown.
Active in Williamstown affairs, Mr. Allen was a member of the School Committee from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1933. He was chairman of the Williamstown branch of the American Red Cross from 1941 to 1952, and chairman of the Berkshire County Red Cross Chapter from 1946 to 1950. He also served as a member of the building committee for Broad Brook and Grant Schools, and as chairman of the Democratic Town Committee.
In June, 1954, he was the recipient of the "Joseph's Coat," given annually at reunion time to an alumnus of Williams for loyalty and devotion.
Survivors Listed
He leaves one son, John F. Allen of New York City, a graduate of Williams with the class 1930; two brothers, Archibald J. Allen of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George R. Allen of Linewood. At his death, Mr. Allen was his class agent. His late wife was the former Helen Frazier.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., tomorrow, at the Sherman-Burbank Memorial Chapel in East Lawn Cemetery in Williamstown. Burial will be in the Williams College Cemetery.
The family will meet friends at the Allen residence at 26 Southworth St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
The Hopkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The North Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA, Monday, 12 Aug 1963, P 3 (Newspapers.com)
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Wife - Helen Nellie (Frazier) Allen (28 Nov 1875 - 7 Jan 1916) died in childbirth in Williamstown, MA.
Samuel E. Allen, Williams Professor Emeritus, Dies, 90
Samuel Edward Allen, associate professor emeritus at Williams College, died Saturday afternoon at the North Adams hospital at the age of 90. Death followed a short illness.
Prof. Allen, who had resided at 26 Southworth St., Williamstown, was born May 29, 1873, in Linewood, N. Y., a son of the late Robert Hutton and Helen (Murdock) Allen, and believed to have attained the greatest age of any member of the faculty or administration at Williams College. Mr. Allen was a 1903 graduate of Williams College, and received his master of arts degree from Harvard in 1904.
At Williams 35Years
He served as instructor in English at the Case Institute of Technology from 1904 to 1906, when he joined the department of English at Williams, where he taught for 35years before retiring in 1941. From 1944 to 1946 he served as headmaster of the Pine Cobble School in Williamstown.
Active in Williamstown affairs, Mr. Allen was a member of the School Committee from 1923 to 1925 and from 1927 to 1933. He was chairman of the Williamstown branch of the American Red Cross from 1941 to 1952, and chairman of the Berkshire County Red Cross Chapter from 1946 to 1950. He also served as a member of the building committee for Broad Brook and Grant Schools, and as chairman of the Democratic Town Committee.
In June, 1954, he was the recipient of the "Joseph's Coat," given annually at reunion time to an alumnus of Williams for loyalty and devotion.
Survivors Listed
He leaves one son, John F. Allen of New York City, a graduate of Williams with the class 1930; two brothers, Archibald J. Allen of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George R. Allen of Linewood. At his death, Mr. Allen was his class agent. His late wife was the former Helen Frazier.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., tomorrow, at the Sherman-Burbank Memorial Chapel in East Lawn Cemetery in Williamstown. Burial will be in the Williams College Cemetery.
The family will meet friends at the Allen residence at 26 Southworth St., from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.
The Hopkins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The North Adams Transcript, North Adams, MA, Monday, 12 Aug 1963, P 3 (Newspapers.com)
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Wife - Helen Nellie (Frazier) Allen (28 Nov 1875 - 7 Jan 1916) died in childbirth in Williamstown, MA.
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