Raymond B. Allen (1902-1986) was an American educator. He served as the President of the

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from 1946 to 1951, and as the first Chancellor of the

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from 1951 to 1959.

Biography

Early life

Raymond Bernard Allen was born on August 7, 1902, in Cathay, North Dakota.University of Washington Library
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, where he received a PhD and MD.

Career

He started his career as a general practitioner in

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.Raymond B. Allen, First Chancellor at UCLA, Dies at 83
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'', March 22, 1986 He served as Dean of the

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, Dean of the

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and Associate Dean for graduate studies at the

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. He served as President of the University of Washington from 1946 to 1951. He dismissed three Communist professors, arguing that "a Communist is incompetent to teach the truth." However, he refused to give a list of texts taught at UW to the

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. Allen briefly served as chair of the newly created Armed Forces Medical Policy Council in 1949. He was Director of the

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in 1952. When UCLA was granted co-equal status with

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in 1951, its presiding officer was granted the title of chancellor. Allen was tapped as the newly autonomous UCLA's first chancellor, a post he held until 1959. He was recommended for the job by

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, who served as President of the

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serving from 1930 to 1958. During his tenure, the UCLA Medical Center was built and the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing were developed, as well as the Neuropsychiatric Institute. He resigned after a three-year investigation led to the revelation of corruption between football players and the

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. He also served as Director of the Research and Population Dynamics for the

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. He was a Fellow of the

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Personal life

He had two sons, Charles and Raymond B. Allen Jr., and two daughters, Dorothy Allen and Barbara Sheard. He retired in Virginia in 1967. He died on March 15, 1986, in

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, at the age of eighty-three.

Bibliography

*''Medical Education and the Changing Order'' (

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, 1946) *
Communists Should Not Teach in American Colleges
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References

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