Background
Allison, B. R. was born on November 12, 1915 in Rockwell City, Iowa, United States. Son of Bert Ross and Florence June (Anderson) Allison.
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B. R. Allison
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Student, George Peabody College, 1938-1939.
Career
With, Civilian Conservation Corps, 1934;
park superintendent, Tennessee Department Conservation, Nashville, 1940-1947;
director division state parks, Tennessee Department Conservation, Nashville, 1947-1949;
executive director, Tennessee Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Nashville, 1949-1951;
owner, manager, Highland Rim Nursery-Buck Allison Inc., Nashville, 1951-1975;
commissioner, Tennessee Department Conservation, Nashville, 1975-1979;
consultant, chairman botanical committee, Tennessee Botanical Gardens, Nashville, 1958-1962. Park commissioner Metro Nashville Board Parks, Nashville, 1964-1972. President Tennessee Nurserymen's Association, Nashville, 1958.
Senior fellow American Institute Park Dirs., 1948.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Nashville Boy's Club, 1971. Board directors Nashville Children's Museum, 1971-1973. Member History Commission, Nashville, 1981-1983.
President Tennessee History Society, 1981-1983. Served with United States Navy, 1943-1945. Life member Tennessee Conservation League.
Life. member Nature Conservancy. Life member American Forestry Association. Member American Masters Foxhounds Association, American Legion.
Connections
Married Bernice Dwyer, May. 3, 1936; children: Camille Allison Miller, Gere Lynne Allison Brown, Michael R.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1939
Career
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1934
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1940 - 1947
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1949 - 1951
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1958 - 1962
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1958 - 1962
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1975 - 1979