DAVID G. ALLEN ’63

DAVID G. ALLEN, M.D., 75, a retired oncologist, died May 23, 2016. He was a member of Eclectic and received his M.D. degree from Duke University in 1967. After an internship at Duke, he entered the U.S. Air Force, serving from 1969 to 1971. He then completed a fellowship in oncology at the University of Michigan and joined the Pinehurst Medical Clinic as the first board-certified oncologist in Moore County, N.C. In retirement he continued to make patient care visits and oversaw the clinic laboratory. In 1979 he co-founded, with a local clergyman, Sandhills Hospice, now FirstHealth Hospice and Palliative Care. For this, the governor of North Carolina awarded him the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. In the last days of his life, he was served by the organization he founded and championed. Among those who survive are his wife, Kathleen Allen, a son, his sister, and many friends.