Background
Fred Allan was born on March 27, 1867 in South Berwick, Maine, United States; son of James and Marion (Farrington) Walker.
Fred Allan was born on March 27, 1867 in South Berwick, Maine, United States; son of James and Marion (Farrington) Walker.
Fred studied at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. In 1888 he became a Bachelor of Laws. In 1925 he received a degree of the Honorary Master of Arts.
Fred was a managing editor of the Springfield Union in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States from 1893 to1896. In this year he worked at Boston Journal. He worked there until 1909. In this year he worked at Baltimore News. He worked there for two years. In 1911 Fred worked at Public Washington Times. he worked there until 1919.
In 1919 Fred became an editorial assistant to Arthur Brisbane on Hearst publications. He worked there for a year. In 1920 he worked at Public Evening Telegram in New York, United States. He worked there for five years. Since 1925 he was a chairman of the executive board of New York Sun. He worked there until 1934. From 1923 to 1933 he was a chairman of Publishers’ Association of New York City, United States.
Fred married to Abbie P. Jacobs on November 19, 1901.