Background
Allison, Fred was born on September 8, 1922 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. Son of Fred and Elizabeth Harriet (Kelly) Allison.
Allison, Fred was born on September 8, 1922 in Abingdon, Virginia, United States. Son of Fred and Elizabeth Harriet (Kelly) Allison.
Bachelor of Science, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1944; Doctor of Medicine Vanderbilt University, 1946.
Intern, Vanderbilt Hospital, Nashville, 1946-1947; resident, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1949-1950; practice medicine specializing in internal medicine, since 1946; assistant professor medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1955; professor medicine, head infectious disease Department, University Mississippi, Jackson, 1955-1968; visiting scientist, Rockefeller U., New York City, 1966-1967; Edgar Hull professor medicine, head department medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1968-1987; head, Louisiana State University division Charity Hospital, 1968-1987; professor medicine emeritus, Louisiana State University, since 1987; professor medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1987-1996; professor medicine emeritus, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 1996; medical consultant Zerfoss Student Health Svc., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1996-1998; clinical professor medicine, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, 1987; physician-in-chief, Metropolitan Nashville General Hospital, 1987-1993; chief, division general internal medicine, Vanderbilt University, 1993-1996. Retired, 1998.
Served with United States Army, 1943-1946, 47-49.
Married Clara Knox, October 14, 1949. Children: Rebecca Allison Parsley, Martha Allison Brown, Fred III, Robert Gardiner.