Necrology
Because Hamilton Remembers
Joseph “Jay” Dana Allen III '61
May. 3, 1939-Dec. 2, 2019
Joseph “Jay” Dana Allen III ’61, a psychologist and college professor of Athens, Ga., was born on May 3, 1939, in Bryn Mawr, Pa., a son of the former Caroline Faison and Joseph Dana Allen, Jr. He prepared for college at the Haverford School where his father was a teacher.
At Hamilton, Allen was a member of the College Choir, WHCL, the tennis team, and Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He was well known on campus for his guitar playing, as noted several anecdotes in the 1961 Hamiltonian. Allen majored in psychology.
After graduation he earned a master’s degree in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1967 at Southern Illinois University. He served as a professor and eventual head of the Psychology Department at the University of Georgia for 30 years, and was a member of St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church in Athens.
After retirement, he relocated to Burlington, Vt., and continued to enjoy books, canoeing, kayaking, skiing, tennis, and wood lot management.
Reminiscing in his 25th reunion yearbook, Allen underscored the career values experienced on the Hill. “Since Hamilton, I have been in much larger institutions [universities], but nowhere have I encountered such academic freedoms, departmental camaraderie, and painstaking excellence in instruction.”
Allen died on Dec 2, 2019. He was 80 years old and is survived by one daughter, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
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