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Richard V. Allen

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Richard V. Allen
11th National Security Advisor
In office
January 21, 1981  January 4, 1982
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byZbigniew Brzezinski
Succeeded byWilliam Clark
Personal details
Born
Richard Vincent Allen

(1936-01-01)January 1, 1936
Collingswood, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 16, 2024(2024-11-16) (aged 88)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BA, MA)

Richard Vincent Allen (January 1, 1936 November 16, 2024)[1] was the United States National Security Advisor to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1982, having been Reagan's chief foreign policy advisor from 1977. He was a fellow of the Hoover Institution from 1983 until his death. He was a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee.[1][2]

Allen died on November 16, 2024 at a hospital in Denver, Colorado at the age of 88.[3]

  • Allen, Richard V. (1966). Peace and Peaceful Coexistence. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1966.
  • Allen, Richard V. (1967). Communism and Democracy: Theory and Action. Princeton: Van Nostrand, 1967.
  • Allen, Richard V. (1969). Yearbook On International Communist Affairs 1968. Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 0-8179-1801-9.

References

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  1. 1 2 Peter B. Levy (1996), Encyclopedia of the Reagan-Bush Years, ABC-CLIO, p16
  2. socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu, Allen, Richard V. OAC
  3. McFadden, Robert D. (November 19, 2024). "Richard V. Allen, Reagan's First National Security Adviser, Dies at 88". The New York Times.