1954

mgore@scu.edu

William Ansley Allen, Jr. ’54 on January 7, 2010 at home in Arlington, VA after a 14 year struggle with Parkinson”s Disease. He was 78 years old. He is survived by his wife Antoinette; and daughter Claire; as well as four children from his first marriage: Robert, Mark, Therese, Margaret; five grandchildren; and his younger brother Yater. Bill was born in the Philippines in 1931 and his family hid from the Japanese in the jungles for nearly three years before being rescued by the U.S.S. Nautilius in 1944 and moving to the United States. He recently wrote a memoir for his family about his childhood adventures. He was a graduate of Santa Clara University and Georgetown University and was an economist at the Department of Commerce for nearly forty years before his retirement. He managed his office softball team for many years. Bill loved baseball, jazz, musicals, Scrabble, and bad puns. He was a loving and dedicated husband and father.

08 Nov 2018