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Robert Carter Allen

Charleston, South Carolina

1930 - 2022

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Robert Carter Allen MELBOURNE, FL - Robert Carter Allen, PhD, of Melbourne, Florida, passed away on December 22, 2022. Bob was born February 5, 1930, in Natick, Massachusetts, to Roy Henry Allen and Helen Louise Allen. He spent his early years in Natick and then his family moved to Burlington,...

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Dr Allen and I both smoked pipes. One day, he came in with a long stemmed pipe. I asked why he was smoking such a long pipe? His reply: "I´m trying to stay away from smoking".

Robert Allen welcomed us when we arrived in Charleston And help us to settle Still very grateful fo his help Rest in Peace

My condolences and sympathy to the Allen family. It is rather odd that I was thinking of Dr. Allen (as I always called him) just the other day. He had a significant impact on my life. He hired me, fresh out of college, to work with him in his lab at MUSC (1973). It was through him I learned all about polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (and many other things). He even included me as a co-author on one of his published papers (of course, he did all the work). That´s just the kind of person he...