Aris T.

Allen (December 27, 1910 February 8, 1991) was an American politician

who was the first African-American chair of the Maryland Republican party and
the first to run for a statewide office in Maryland.[1]

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Background

1.1

Medicine

1.2

Education

1.3

Civic involvement

In the legislature

Republican activist

Legacy

Notes

Background[edit]
Aris Allen was born in San Antonio, Texas, on December 27, 1910. He attended
public schools in San Antonio and Washington, D.C., and graduated from Dunbar
High School in Washington. He attended Howard University and Howard
University Medical School earning an M.D. in 1944.

Allen was president of his class at Howard University in Washington, D.C.[2] Allen
married Faye E. Watson in 1947 the couple had two children.

Allen served as a pilot in United States Army Specialized Training Program in

1942 and was an Air Force flight surgeon from 1953 to 1955.

Medicine[edit]
Allen started his medical career as a medical resident at Freedman's Hospital,
Washington, D.C., 1944 and 1945 then went into private practice in Annapolis.
He received the Maryland Medical Association award for outstanding
achievements in medicine and civic affairs in 1967. He was also the Medical
affairs advisor to the Health Care Financing Administration in Maryland from
1981 to 1989, a member of the Board of Medical Examiners of Maryland and
Director of the Health Standards and Quality Board of the Health Care Financing
Administration. He was a board member of the Maryland Academy of Family
Physicians and President of the medical staff of Anne Arundel Medical Center.

Education[edit]

Allen devoted much of his time to the education of youth in Maryland. He was
the first African American to be appointed to the Anne Arundel County Board of
Education, was a member of the board of the Anne Arundel Community College,
and vice chair for the board of regents at Morgan State University.[3]

Civic involvement[edit]
Allen served on the boards of the YMCA, the Salvation Army, the Community
Chest of Anne Arundel County, the Red Cross, the Annapolis Chamber of
Commerce and the Annapolis chapter of the American Cancer Society; he was a
life member of the NAACP, a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity,[4] Inc. (Eta
Eta Lambda chapter), and a member of the Board of stewards for his church,
Mount Moriah A. M. E.

In the legislature[edit]
Allen first served in the House of Delegates representing Anne Arundel County
from 1967 to 1974 and then from 1990 to1991. During his tenure in the House
he was Minority whip from 1967 to 1974 and a member of the Constitutional and
Administrative Law Committee, 196774. In the Maryland Senate he served on
the Finance Committee from 1979 to 1981.