Background
Allen, Edward Weber was born on May 12, 1885 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Thomas Scott and Natalia (Weber) Allen.
Allen, Edward Weber was born on May 12, 1885 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Thomas Scott and Natalia (Weber) Allen.
Student Oshkosh State Normal School, 1892-1903, University of Chicago, 1903-1905. Juris Doctor, U. Washington, 1909.
Admitted to Washington bar, 1909. With Wright & Kelleher, Seattle, 1909-1912. Deputy prosecuting attorney Pacific County, member Hewen & Allen, 1913-1914.
Assistant attorney general, Washington, 1914-1916. Now counsel DeGarmo, Leedy, Oles & Morrison, Seattle. United States commissioner, chairman or secretary International Fisheries Commission, 1932-1955.
United States commissioner International Salmon Fisheries Comm. 1937-1951; ex-chairman, adviser United States delegate United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), Baguio, P.I., 1948, Washington, 1948, 49. Member General MacArthur Fisheries Mission to Japan, 1949.
Adviser United States delegate to Tokyo to negotiate N. Pacific Fisheries Commission 1954-1976, United States delegate United Nations Fishery Conv, Rome, 1955, United States delegate United Nations Conference, Law the Sea, Geneva, 1958, United States delegation Ottawa Fisheries between United States, Canada, Japan, 1964.
Served with Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American (ex-chairman international law section), International, Washington (president 1929-1930), Seattle bar associations, Pacific N.W. Trade Association, American Law Institute, American Society International Law, Institute World Polity, Seattle Chamber of C. (chairman Alaska committee 4 years), Washington (trustee.
Mason (32, Shriner). Clubs: Rainier, Mountaineers, Laurelhurst Community, China, World Trade (president, 1954-1956) (Seattle).
Married Hazel Rebecca Conner, June 1, 1915. Children: Natalia (Mistress George E. McSpadden), Thomas.