Allen died March 9, 2014, in Fayetteville, N.C.

Allen was born in Philadelphia Oct. 31, 1920. He was a World War II Coast Guard veteran, having served in the Pacific theater for two years. He was the founding pastor of the Pilgrim Church in Wheaton, Md.

Three children, two stepdaughters, seven grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren survived him. The class extends deep sympathy to them all.

Undergraduate Class of 1942