William B. Allen
| William Barclay Allen | |
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| Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | |
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In office August 8, 1988 – October 23, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Fletcher |
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| Born | 1944 Fernandina Beach Nassau County Florida, USA |
| Alma mater | Claremont Graduate University |
| Occupation | Political science professor, formerly at Michigan State University |
William Barclay Allen (born 1944) is an African-American political scientist. He has been Professor of Political Philosophy and dean of James Madison College at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. He was a member of the National Council on the Humanities 1984–87 and chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights from 1988 to 1989.
Allen's fields are political philosophy, American government, and jurisprudence. He is considered an authority in matters of a liberal arts education.
Allen was born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, in 1944, as the oldest of twelve children of a Baptist preacher. During high school, he studied science at Virginia Union University, but his interests shifted to politics and philosophy, and he moved to Pepperdine College, where he graduated in 1967 (B.A., M. A. 1968) and received a Ph.D. In 1972 from Claremont Graduate University. In 1970–71, he was Fulbright Advanced Teaching Fellow at University of Rouen in France. He was appointed Assistant Professor at the School of Government and Public Administration at American University in 1971 and the next year he became Assistant Professor of Government at Harvey Mudd College in 1972, with tenure in 1976. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1976 and served as full Professor from 1983–94.
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