Background
Allen, Harold Byron was born on October 6, 1902 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur Kingsbury and Edith (Welch) Allen.
Allen, Harold Byron was born on October 6, 1902 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Arthur Kingsbury and Edith (Welch) Allen.
Bachelor of Arts, Kalamazoo College, 1924; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1928; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1941.
From assistant professor to professor rhetoric, also assistant to president, Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, 1925-1934;
assistant editor, Early Modern English Dictionary, 1934-1939;
assistant editor, Middle English Dictionary, 1939-1940;
assistant Professor of English, San Diego State College, 1940-1943;
member of faculty, University of Minnesota, since 1944;
Professor of English, University of Minnesota, 1958-1968;
Professor of English and linguistics, University of Minnesota, 1968-1971;
professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, since 1971;
lecturer in linguistics, University of Minnesota, 1976-1977, 86. Visiting summer professor Mills College, 1943, University of Southern California, 1961, U. Victoria, Canada, 1973, 74, 75, Moorhead State University, 1976, Chadron State College, 1978. Fulbright lecturer U. Cairo, Egypt, 1954-1955.
Smith-Mundt visiting professor linguistics The United Arab Republic Ministry of Education, Cairo, 1958-1959. Fulbright-Hayes lecturer Kossuth Lajos U., Debrecen, Hungary, 1972. Director, editor Linguistic Atlas of Upper Midwest, since 1947.
Linguistic consultant Economy Company, 1967-1983, 87-, Encyclopedia of the States, 1980. Advisory board Doubleday dictionaries,1975-. Member of national advisory council Teaching English as Foreign Language, 1962-1965, 69-77, chairman, 1974-1977.
English language consultant U. Tehran, Iran, 1971, 73. Chairman language arts advising committee Minnesota Board Education, 1962-1967. Chairman Englishlang. advisory panel United States Information Agency, since 1986.
Member American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Professors, National Council Teachers English (president 1961, director commission English language 1964-1968, chairman Conference College Composition and Communication 1952, Distinguished service award 1969, David Russell award for research 1973), Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages (president 1966-1967, Distinguished service citation 1970), Linguistic Society of America, American Dialect Society (member executive council 1963-1968, president 1971, 72, distinguished scholar award 1986), American Name Society (board managers 1961-1963), Canadian Linguistic Association, International Association University Professors English, Speech Communication Association, Minnesota Group Linguistics (chairman 1948, 64-67, 74), Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Delta, Sigma Tau Delta, Theta Alpha Phi.
Married Elizabeth Mitchell, June 19, 1934. Children: Marjorie Lyle (Mistress Alexander G. Russell), Susan Kingsbury (Mistress David Stevenson).