Gordon F. Allen (1908–1973) was an American professor and

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at the State University of New York at Brockport. The Allen Administration Building at Brockport is named after him. Allen was born in Gainesville, New York. He studied at Houghton College, Cornell University and received a doctorate from the University at Buffalo. He worked as a high school teacher before joining SUNY Brockport as a professor of education. During his 23 years at Brockport, he served in a number of administrative posts: Chairman of the Department of Education and Psychology, Dean of the college, Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Acting President of the college in 1964–65.

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1908 births 1973 deaths American educational theorists Cornell University alumni University at Buffalo alumni State University of New York at Brockport faculty People from Gainesville, New York Houghton University alumni 20th-century American academics {{US-academic-administrator-1900s-stub