Background
Allen, Joseph P. was born on June 27, 1937 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph P. and Harriet (Taylor) Allen.
Allen, Joseph P. was born on June 27, 1937 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Joseph P. and Harriet (Taylor) Allen.
Bachelor of Arts (Rector scholar 1955-1959), DePauw University, 1959; Bachelor of Arts Fulbright scholar, Christian Albrechts U., Kiel, Germany, 1959-1960; Master of Science, Yale University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1965.
Guest research associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1962-1965; staff physicist, Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, 1965; research associate, U. Washington, 1966; scientist-astronaut, Lyndon B. Johnson Manned Spacecraft Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, 1967-1975; assistant administrator for legislation affairs, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 1975-1978; on staff and astronaut, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center., 1978-1985; astronaut, crew member 1st operational flight of Space Shuttle Columbia, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center., 1982; crew member 1st Space salvage in history Space Shuttle Discovery, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 1985; president, Chief Executive Officer, Space Industries, Inc., Washington, since 1985; Chairman of the Board director, Kalspan SRL Corporation (formerly Space Industries), since 1995.
Member American Physical Society, American Astronautical Society, American Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma.
Married Bonnie Jo Darling, July 9, 1961.