Background
Fitchen, Allen Nelson was born on August 8, 1936 in Syracuse. Son of John Frederick and Mary (Nelson) F. III.
Fitchen, Allen Nelson was born on August 8, 1936 in Syracuse. Son of John Frederick and Mary (Nelson) F. III.
Bachelor of Arts English cum laude, Amherst College, 1958; Master of Arts in English, Cornell, 1960.
College traveler, Macmillan Company. New York City, 1960-1962; editor, Macmillan Company, 1962-1967; humanities editor, University of Chicago Press, 1968-1982; senior editor, University of Chicago Press, 1971-1982; director, University of Wisconsin Press, 1982-1998; retired, University of Wisconsin Press, 1998.
Member of Psi Upsilon.
Married Jane Cady, June 13, 1959 (divorced February 1986). Children– Anne Wheeler, Christopher Hardy, William Mills. Married Shirley Bergen, May 23, 1991.