ABSTRACT
Ceramic engineer, member of the engineering faculty at Rutgers University, New Jersey; also a jazz researcher, discographer, and member of the executive committee of the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies. He was the author of books on King Joe Oliver (written with Brian Rust) and Fletcher Henderson. At the time of his death in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, he was preparing a revised edition of the Oliver book. Allen was a tireless advocate of high standards in biographical and discographical research in the jazz field.
