Background
Allen, Wilmar Mason was born on October 20, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Mason and Mary Henry (Drake) Allen.
Allen, Wilmar Mason was born on October 20, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Mason and Mary Henry (Drake) Allen.
Student William Penn Charter School (Philadelphia), 1910-1912. Bachelor of Arts, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1916. Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1920.
Intern, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1920-1921. Director Central Laboratory, Saginaw, Michigan, 1921-1922. Assistant resident, instructor Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins University Medical School, 1922-1925.
Pathologist, bacteriologist Hartford Hospital, 1925-1936, director of hospital consultant pathologist, since 1936.
Served in Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1918. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Hospital Adminstrs. Member of the American Medical Association, American, New England, Connecticut hospital associations, Connecticut State, Hartford medical societies, Hartford Company Medical Association, Nu Sigma Nu, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Erma Helen Smale, August 5, 1925. Children: Erma Barbara, Nancy Elizabeth.