SPEA professor dies

School of Public and Environmental Affairs adjunct professor David J. Allen died Oct. 2 at age 74 from an acute form of leukemia. He helped form SPEA in 1972, and is remembered as the school's strongest supporter.

Allen thrived on providing a public service, and was an avid voice in Indiana state law and government, said friend and director of undergraduate studies of SPEA Burnell Fischer. He was even honored with the highest award given in the state of Indiana and was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1965 and the U.S. Supreme Court in 1968.