Ivan Allen III ’60

IVAN ALLEN died in Franklin, Ga., on Sun., May 17, 1992. He was 53. Ivan was president of the Ivan Allen Co., and was an exceptionally distinguished community leader, serving on the boards of BellSouth and Southern Mills, and volunteering his time and energy for the boards of Westminster Schools, the Woodruff Arts Center, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the Atlanta Boy Scouts, and the Carter Center of Emory Univ. He was the finest fundraiser in the Southeast, and selflessly donated hundreds of hours to Morehouse College, on whose board he also served, and from which he had received an honorary degree.

Ivan prepared at Westminster. At Princeton, he was a Keyceptor, president of WhigClio, and chairman of the Memorial Fund Campaign. He majored in economics and was a member of Cottage Club. He roomed with Lowance, Tread Davis, Wallace, O'Neal, Oster, Brennan, Williamson, Jordan, Fischbacher, A. W. Karchmer, and Bill James, during the four years, and his interest in others was apparent in college. In recent years, he had been closely associated with former President Jimmy Carter, who eulogized him at the funeral, in the Atlanta Project. He was also centrally involved in the coalition that secured the 1996 Olympic Games for Atlanta, and he was at work as a member of the Atlanta Rotary Club and chairman of the United Negro College Fund. President Carter called him "the finest human being I have ever known." Atlanta has lost a distinguished son, and the Southeast a great leader. Our Class has lost a former president and one of its most beloved members.

Ivan is survived by Margaret Poer Allen, his daughter Amanda, and son Ivan IV, brothers Inman and Beaumont, and his mother and father. The Class of 1960 shares in their grief.

The Class of 1960