Background
Allen, Charles William was born on November 14, 1912 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Neal W. and Margaret (Stevens) Allen.
Allen, Charles William was born on November 14, 1912 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Neal W. and Margaret (Stevens) Allen.
Bowdoin College (Bachelor of Arts, 1934). University of Michigan Law School (Juris Doctor, 1937). Order of the Coif.
Practice law, New York City, 1937-1941, Portland, from 1946. Associate firm Sullivan & Cromwell, 1937-1941. Partner Pierce, Atwood, 1946-1998.
Retired
Trustee Portland Savings Bank, 1959-1980. Member Governor's Advisory Committee on Judicial Appointments, 1979-1982. Member Committee on Judicial Responsibility, 1982-1988.
Member Portland City Council, 1964-1970, chairman, 1966. Treasurer, trustee Bowdoin College, 1959-1967, board overseers, 1967-1976. Treasurer Hebron Academy, 1954-1959, trustee, 1953-1965.
Trustee Colby, Bates, Bowdoin Educational Telecasting Corporation, 1961-1974. Trustee Portland Public Library, 1971-1984, president, 1980-1982. Member committee visitors University Michigan Law School, 1967-1968, University Maine Law School, 1992-1994.
Board directors Maine Civil Liberties Union, 1973-1976, treasurer, 1974-1976. Member executive committee Portland SANE, 1970-1976, chairman, 1971-1975. Served to lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946.
Member American, Maine, Cumberland County bar associations, Order of Coif.
Married Genevieve Lahee, September 5, 1936. Children– Thomas H., Ruth W., William N.