Allen, Joseph P., 1937-

Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on June 27, 1937; Married to Bonnie Jo Darling, has 2 children; BA, math-physics from DePauw University in 1959; MS, PhD, physics from Yale University in 1961 and 1965; Member of American Physical Society, American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Eta Sigma; Winner of a Fulbright Scholarship to Germany (1959); research associate in the Nuclear Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington; staff physicist at the Nuclear Structure Laboratory at Yale University in 1965 and 1966; guest research associate at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1963-1967; selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967; served as NASA Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs in Washington, D.C.; mission specialist on STS-5 (November 11-16, 1982) and STS-51A (November 8-16,1984); Chief Executive Officer of Space Industries International, Inc.

Joseph Percival "Joe" Allen IV (b. June 27, 1937, Crawfordsville, IN); resided in Frankfort, IN; BA, Physics and Mathematics, DePauw University, 1959; MA, PhD, Physics, Yale University, 1961, 1965; research associate, University of Washington; staff physicist, Yale University; researcher at Brookhaven National Labratory; selected as astronaut, 1967; wokred for Legislative Affairs, and at Johnson Space Center; Mission specialist on STS-5 (Columbia), Nov. 1982; Mission spealist on STS-51A (Discovery), Nov. 1984; after NASA, CEO Space Industries Interational; Chairman of Veridian; member of American Physical Society, American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Eta Sigma