Background
Allen, Henry Freeman was born on November 23, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Freeman and Ethel (Gibson) Allen.
Allen, Henry Freeman was born on November 23, 1916 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Freeman and Ethel (Gibson) Allen.
AB magna cum laude, Harvard, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard, 1943. Science D. honorary, Colby College, 1976.
Intern Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1944. Resident Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1947-1949. Practice ophthalmology, 1949-1986.
Chief ophthalmology Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, 1968-1973, consultant chief ophthalmology, since 1973. Consultant Massachusetts General Hospital, Children's Hospital Medical Center. Clinical professor, head department Harvard Medical School, 1968-1974, Henry Willard Williams clinical professor, since 1970.
President Channing Home, Boston, 1951-1957. Trustee Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, 1960-1974, Perkins School for Blind, Watertown. Served to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1945, European Theatre of Operations.
Member American Association Ophthalmology (president 1971-1972), American Academy Ophthalmology, American Medical Association (chief editor Archives Ophthalmology, chairman section ophthalmology 1966, Lucien Howe medal 1967), New England Ophthalmological Society, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Emily L. Tuckerman, June 7, 1941. Children: Emily T., Rosamond W., Freeman.