Background
Allen, Wilbur Coleman was born on April 30, 1925 in Victoria, Virginia, United States. Son of George Edward and Mary Lee (Bridgforth) Allen.
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Wilbur Coleman Allen
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University of Virginia (Bachelor of Arts, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, 1950). Delta Theta Phi. Member.
Council Foreign Management of Jury, State of Virginia, since 1984.
Career
Bar: Virginia 1949, District of Columbia 1954, United States District Court (eastern and western districts) Virginia.1951, United States Court Appeals 1950, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1954. Partner Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, Virginia, 1950, president, 1969-1990. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1942-1945, Pacific Theater of Operations.
Sunday School superintendent All Saints Episcopalian Church, Richmond,1960-1965, vestryman, 1964-1968, 70-74, 80-83, senior warden, 1967-1968, chairman stewardship committee, 1980-1981.
Board visitors Virginia Commonwealth University, 1984-1987, property committee, 1984-1985, audit committee, 1984-1985.
Achievements
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Sunday school superintendent All Saints Episcopalian Church, Richmond, 1960—1965, vestryman, 1964—1968, 1970—1974, 1980—1983, senior warden, 1967—1968, chairman stewardship committee, 1980—1981. Board visitors Virginia Commonwealth University, 1984—1987, member property committee, 1984—1985, member audit committee, 1984—1985. Fellow: American College Trial Lawyers.
Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of America, American Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association (president 1979, Outstanding Contribution award 1981), New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (chairman publicity committee 1968, chairman special committee insurance 1981), Virginia State Bar Council, Virginia Bar Association (chairman special committee professionalism 1990-1993), Virginia State Bar, American Judicature Society, Country Club Virginia, Rotary (president 1974-1975, Rotarian of the Year 1980).
Connections
Married Frances Brockenbrough Gayle, September 16, 1950. Children: Frances Gayle Allen Fitzgerald, Wilbur Coleman Junior, Robert Clayton, Edward Lefebvre, Courtney Allen Van Winkle.
