Allen K. Shenk Jr. ’62

Allen, an insurance executive who throughout his life sang in church choirs and nurtured friendships with classmates, died Dec. 31, 2025, at his home in Glastonbury, Conn.  

Like his father and uncle before him, Allen came to us from the Lawrenceville School. He majored in politics at Princeton and was a member of Charter Club and the track team. 

Allen spent two years in the Navy after graduation, working with SEAL teams and specialists in underwater demolition. He earned an MBA in finance from the Wharton School in 1971 and began a career as an institutional investor for insurance companies and banks, including Travelers Insurance Co., where he spent 14 years, retiring in 1993. 

A love of music and group singing shaped Allen’s life. After Princeton he sang in quartets, church choirs, and large choral societies in small churches, Carnegie Hall, and English cathedrals. His entries in our anniversary volumes describe lifelong adventures by land and by sea with his wife, Ann, and his PU classmates — fellow quarter-milers Whit Azoy and Bil Carr, and roommates Harry Battin and Jack Bissell. 

Allen is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ann Wilder Shenk.