Background
JACKSON, J. Allen was born on April 4, 1884 in Upatoie, Muscogee Company, Georgia, United States. Son of James William and Julia Frances (Jenkins) Jackson.
JACKSON, J. Allen was born on April 4, 1884 in Upatoie, Muscogee Company, Georgia, United States. Son of James William and Julia Frances (Jenkins) Jackson.
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, J. D., 1906. Bucknell University, Doctor of Science, 1929.
Superintendent, Danville State Hospital., Danville, Pennsylvania, since 1920, (One of first to recognize mental hosp. as a mental hygiene centre and to establish a complete community service dept, consisting of mental clinics and Educational lectures on abnormal psychology and mental hygiene in schools, colls, and hosps.).
Member: Montour Company Medical Society (President, 1925). National. Mental Hygiene Committee, American Psychiatric Association. American Medical Association.
American College, of Physicians. Mental Hygiene Committee, State of Pennsylvania Medical Society (Chairman). Clubs: Medical (Philadelphia), Danville Rotary (President, 1923).
Spouse Hazel Miriam Craig, June 22, 1913, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.