Melvin Lloyd Allen

Background

Allen, Melvin Lloyd was born on November 12, 1949 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Son of William Lloyd Allen and Mary Ellen Coker Barr.

Education

Bachelor, U. Oklahoma, 1974; Master of Science, U. Oklahoma, 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Oklahoma, 1980.

Career

Research director, Institute for Primate Studies, Norman, 1980-1981; project coordinator, Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1982-1986; associate director G.I. laboratory, Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1983-1986; regular staff member medicine, Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, since 1984; co-director G.I. Laboratory, Hospital Corporation of America Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1986-1987; director G.I. Laboratory, Hospital Corporation of America Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, 1987-1991; research director G.I., Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1992-1996; director G.I. motility, Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1992-1996; adjunct associate professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1993-1996; associate professor, Thomas Jefferson U., Philadelphia, since 1996.

Achievements

• Melvin Lloyd Allen has been listed as a noteworthy Psychophysiologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

With United States Army, 1970-1971. Fellow American College Gastroenterology. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Motility Society, American Gastroenterol.

Association, American Gasteroenterol. Association Foundation (charter), New York Academy Sciences.

Interests

• Avocations: boating, fishing, billiards, gardening, carpentry.

Connections

Married Janice Ann Karcher, August 23, 1974 (divorced December 1983). Married Gayle Gray Berlioux, October 20, 1989.

Father:

William Lloyd Allen

Mother:

Mary Ellen Coker Barr

Spouse:

Janice Ann Karcher

Spouse:

Gayle Gray Berlioux