Biographical/Historical Note
1 January 1936
Born, Collingswood, New Jersey
1957
B.A. from University of Notre Dame
28 December 1957
Marries Patricia Ann Mason
1958
M.A. in Political Science from University of Notre Dame
1958
1961
Lecturer, University of Maryland, Overseas Division
1961
1962
Assistant professor of social sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
1962
1966
Research principal and chairman of study program on communism, Georgetown University Center for Strategic Studies
1963
(Editor with David M. Abshire) National Security: Political, Military, and Economic Strategies in the Decade Ahead,Praeger
1964
Publication of Peaceful Coexistence: A Communist Blueprint for Victory, American Bar Association
(Co-author) East-West Trade: Its Strategic Implications, Center for Strategic Studies, Georgetown University
1966
Publication of Peace or Peaceful Coexistence?American Bar Association
1966
1968
Senior staff member, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
1967
1968
Senior foreign policy advisor, Nixon-Agnew campaign committee
1967
Author (with Hal Bartlett and Kenneth Colegrove) of Democracy and Communism: Theory and Action, Van Nostrand
1969
Senior staff member, National Security Council
(Editor) Yearbook on International Communist Affairs, Hoover Institute Press
1969
1971
Vice president of International Resources Ltd.
1970
1972
Member, Presidential Commission on International Trade and Economic Policy
1971
1972
Deputy executive director, Council on International Economic Policy, and deputy assistant to the President on International Economic Affairs
1972
1981
President of Potomac International Corp.
1978
1980
Senior foreign policy advisor to Ronald Reagan
1981
1982
Assistant for national security affairs (National Security Advisor) to President Reagan
1982
President, Richard V. Allen Co.
Distinguished fellow and chairman, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation
1983
Senior fellow, Hoover Institution
From the guide to the Richard V. Allen papers, 1948-1999, (Hoover Institution Archives)