Allen Sharp

Background

Sharp, Allen was born on February 11, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Frances Louise (Williams) Sharp.

Education

Student, Indiana State University, 1950-1953;

AB, George Washington University, 1954;

Juris Doctor, Indiana U., 1957;

Master of Arts, Butler U., 1986.

Career

Born in Washington, D.C., Sharp received a B.A. from Indiana State University in 1953, a J.D. from Indiana University School of Law in 1957, and later received a M.A. from Butler University in 1986. He was a U.S. Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel from 1957 to 1984. He was in private practice of law in Williamsport, Indiana from 1957 to 1968.

He was a judge of the Indiana Court of Appeals from 1969 to 1973. On September 13, 1973, Sharp was nominated by President Richard M. Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana vacated by Robert A. Grant. Sharp was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 4, 1973, and received his commission on October 11, 1973.

He served as chief judge from 1981–1996, and assumed senior status on November 1, 2007 and served in that capacity until his death. He taught at Butler University, Indiana University at South Bend, and Milligan College in Milligan, Tennessee. First to Beverly Jane Hawley n/k/a Beverly Jane Bontrager from May 1964 until their divorce in 1981.

Sharp had three grandsons at the time of his death.

Achievements

• Bar: Indiana 1957.

Membership

Board advisers Milligan (Tennessee) College Served to Judge Advocate General United States Air Force Reserve. Member Indiana Judges Association, Blue Key, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Tau Kappa Alpha.

Connections

Children: Crystal Catholyn, Scarlet Frances.

Father:

Robert Lee Sharp

Mother:

Frances Louise (Williams) Sharp

child:

Scarlet Frances Sharp

child:

Crystal Catholyn Sharp