Frederick Lewis Allen, Editor, Overseer, Dies

Frederick Lewis Allen '12, noted historian, author and editor, and a former University officer, died late Saturday night in New York Hospital. He was 63 years old.

In addition to serving as secretary of the Corporation from 1919 to 1923, he was on the Board of Overseers from 1942 to 1948. He was editor of Harper's Magazine from 1941 to 1953.

In his undergraduate days, Allen was editor of the Advocate and Ibis on the Lampoon. He is most famous for his first book, "Only Yesterday," published in 1931, a best-selling informal history of the 1920's.