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Description:A portrait of James E. Allen, Jr., the gentleman after which the Allen Collegiate Center at the State University of New York at Albany was named. The center was an experimental senior year of high school and freshman year of college combined, providing a Bachelor of Arts degree in three years. The center closed in 1976. Allen was the New York State Commissioner of Education and U.S. President Richard Nixon's Commissioner of Education with the rank of Assistant Secretary in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Photographer: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Physical Description: Black & White
 5 x 7 in.
 
Subjects  Allen (James E. Allen, Jr.) Collegiate Center
 Allen, James E., Jr.
 University Archives Photographs
 Portraits
 United States. Dept. of Health, Ed., and Welfare
 University of the State of New York
 United States. Office of Education
Collection: University Archives Photographs
Physical Dimensions: 5 x 7 in.
Photograph Number: 3816
Folder: Allen, James E., Jr.

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