Dates

• Existence: 1905 - 1996

Biography

Mark K. Allen (1905-1996) was a psychology professor and psychologist in Utah.

Mark Knight Allen was born on October 22, 1905, in Provo, Utah to Robert Eugene Allen and Amanda Inez Knight. He was raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and was baptized in 1913. Allen earned his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University, and later completed a master's degree and Ph.D. at Stanford University. In 1934, he married Phyllis Sloan and began work as a psychologist and assistant superintendent at the Utah State Training School in American Fork, Utah. He remained there until 1946, when he joined the psychology faculty at Brigham Young University. Allen remained at the university until his retirement in 1975, during that time serving as department chair for ten years. He also received a Fulbright Scholarship, spending a year teaching psychology at the University of Ankara, Turkey and Middle East Technical University. He died on January 30, 1996, in Provo, Utah.

Citation:

Familysearch.org, via WWW, May, 26, 2016 (Mark Knight Allen; b. Oct. 22, 1905 in Utah; parents: Robert Eugene Allen and Amanda Inez Knight; baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1913; d. Jan. 30, 1996)

Early missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints database, via WWW, May 26, 2016 (Mark Knight Allen; b. in Provo, Utah; served mission for Church to Eastern States, 1926-1928; m. Jan. 18, 1934 to Phyllis Sloan)

Preliminary register of the papers of Mark Knight Allen (1905-1996), 1907-1985, 2003 (member of Psychology Department at BYU (1946-1975); first Assistant Superintendent and psychologist for Utah State Training School, American Fork, Utah (1932-1945); clinical consultant; second psychologist to be licensed in the state of Utah)

Deseret news, Feb. 3, 1996 (Mark Knight Allen; psychologist and first assistant superintendent of the Utah State Training School; d. in Provo, Utah; bachelor's degree, Brigham Young University; master's degree and Ph.D., Stanford University; 1934-1946, psychologist and assistant superintendent at the American Fork institution; continued for 36 years as clinical consultant; member of Brigham Young University faculty, 1946-1975; chairman of psychology department for 10 years; Fulbright scholar, taught psychology at the University of Ankara, Turkey and Middle East Technical University; taught classes as professor emeritus until age of 80)

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