Rupert Mortimer Allan

Background

Allan, Rupert Mortimer was born on October 25, 1912 in St. Louis. Son of Rupert Mortimer and Edna Bates Weil Allan.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, 1933; postgraduate, U. Toulouse, France, 1934-1935; Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1937.

Career

Master, Taylor School Boys, Clayton, Missouri, 1938-1941; book reviewer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1940-1941; writer, Station KSD, St. Louis, 1941; political affairs officer, Department State, 1945-1946; assistant director public relations, Universal-International Studios, Universal City, California, 1946-1947; assistant continental manager, Motion Picture Association American, Paris, 1947-1949; West Coast correspondent, Flair magazine, 1949; a West Coast editor, Look magazine, 1950-1955; vice president, Arthur P. Jacobs Company public relations, Beverly Hills, California, 1955-1960; partner, International Conference on Pattern Recognition and predecessors, public relations, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, 1960-1977; executive vice president, Stone/Hallinan Associates Inc., Public Relations, from 1978. Honorary consul of Monaco in Los Angeles, from 1976. Trustee The Actors Studio, from 1985.

Membership

Member of advisory board Brody Arts Fund, from 1986. Served as Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve,1942-1945.

Connections

Father:

Rupert Mortimer

Mother:

Edna Bates Weil Allan