Background
ALLEN, Arch Turner was born on January 10, 1875 in Hiddenite, North Carolina, United States. Son of G. J. and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Allen.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
ALLEN, Arch Turner was born on January 10, 1875 in Hiddenite, North Carolina, United States. Son of G. J. and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Allen.
University of North Carolina, Bachelor of Philosophy, 1897. Special courses: University of North Carolina, University of Tennessee, Columbia University.
Superintendent of Public Schools, Graham, 1907-1910, Salisbury, 1910-1917. State Department of Public Instruction, 1917-1923. State Superintendent of Public Instruction, since 1923.
President, National. Councils of State Superintendents and Commissioners of Education, 1928.
Member: City Superintendent Association (President). North Carolina Education Association (President, 1917). Phi Beta Kappa.
Spouse Cloribel McDowell, June 19, 1909.