Background
Albert, Allen Diehl was born on April 27, 1902 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Allen Diehl and Janet Clark (Jones) Albert.
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Student DePauw University, 1920-1921. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of Chicago, 1924, Master of Arts, 1932, Doctor of Philosophy, 1936. Student Harvard Graduate School Business Administration, 1926-1927.
Career
1 stepdaughter, Emily Carson (Mistress Albert Hanahan). Employee, Jacksonville (Florida) Gas Company, 1925, Evanston (Illinois) News-Index, 1927-1928, Century of Progress Expedition, Chicago 1928-1929. Professor Old Testament and Semitic Langs., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, 1932-1941.
Ordained deacon, Episcopalian Church, 1938, priest, 1939.
Professor sociology, Emory University, since 1946, chairman of division of social science, 1947-1948, on leave as public relations manager Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Georgia division, since 1951. Honorary canon, Cathedral of Saint Philips’, Atlanta since 1948.
Consultant to advisory committee of State Board of Health on Hospital Locations since 1950. Chairman Local Government Commission, Atlanta and Fulton County.
Captain lieutenant colonel, Infantry, United States Army, 1941-1946.
Aide-de-camp to General Omar North. Bradley, Major General Leven C. Allen, 1941-1942. Assistant Executive officer to Major General Fred L. Walker and Major General John West. O’Daniel, all at Fort Benning Infantry School, Office Strategic Services, 1944. Lieutenant colonel Infantry, United States Army Reserve.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board Georgia Citizens Council, 1946-1949, Atlanta Housing. Member Army Advisory Committee of Greater Atlanta, Travelers’ Aid Society. Member Society of Planning Officials, National Association of Housing officials, Public Relations Society American (president Atlanta chapter 1952), Georgia Rose Society, American, Southern social societies, Georgia Academy Social Sciences, Georgia Ednl.
Association Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Phi Kappa, Alpha Phi Omega.
Clubs: Capital City, Rotary (award for contribution to city, 1951).
Connections
Married Emily Bartlett Davis, September 6, 1934.
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Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat