Norwood Francis Allman, 93, of 124 Parker St., [Carlisle] died Saturday in the Forest Park Health Center.

After graduating in 1915 from the University of Virginia, he joined the U.S. Embassy in Peking as a student interpreter. During his residency in China from 1916 to 1950, he associated with the country's leaders, including Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek.

He served as consul and interpreter and became a judge of the International Mixed Court in Shanghai. He practiced law in Shanghai, prepared the first English language text of Chinese commerical laws and taught comparative law at Soochow University in Shanghai. He commanded the American Cavalry unit of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps which had been organized to withstand Japanese harassment of the international settlement.

He was in Hong Kong when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and was interned for six months in a Japanese prison camp. He returned to the United States and was assigned to intelligence work focusing on the Far East. After the war, he returned to China and resumed his law practice until the communists captured Shanghai in 1950.

While in Shanghai, he edited two newspapers and several handbooks. In 1982 he was awarded a Blue Ribbon Distinguished Service Medal by the Chinese-American Academic and Professional Association.

He was a 32nd-degree Mason; a member of Shanghai Scottish Rite, Affifi Temple, Amity Lodge 1 in Taiwan, Overseas Press Club, Overseas Yacht Club, Carlisle Country Club, Carlisle Rotary Club and Fellowship of Former Overseas Rotarians; and the widower of Mary Louise Hamilton Allman.
Surviving are his wife, Dotti Dennis Ruth Allman; a son, William H. of Saudi Arabia; a stepson, R. Dennis Ruth of Carlisle; a daughter, Nancy Burnham of Paris, France; and eight grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Dr. Mark A. Scheneman officiating. Burial will be at the convenience of the family. There will be no viewing.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Episcopal Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 612, Carlisle 17013. Ewing Brothers Funeral Home here is in charge of arrangements.
(Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA) - Sunday, March 1, 1987)
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Children:
William Hamilton Aug 23, 1921
Nancy English Oct 28, 1926
John Norwood Jan 27, 1928
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