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{{About|the American diplomat George Venable Allen|the British vice-chancellor|George Vance Allen}}
{{Short description|American diplomat (1903–1970)}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = George V. Allen
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|07|11|1903|11|03}}▼
| birth_place = [[Durham, North Carolina]]▼
| death_place = [[Bahama, North Carolina]]▼
| alma_mater = [[Duke University]]
▲| birth_place = [[Durham, North Carolina]]
| office = [[US Ambassador to Iran]]
▲| death_date = {{Death date and age|1970|07|11|1903|11|03}}
| term_start = April 23, 1946
▲| death_place = [[Bahama, North Carolina]]
| term_end = February 17, 1948
| predecessor = [[Wallace Murray]]
| successor = [[John C. Wiley]]
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| office1 = [[US Ambassador to Yugoslavia]]
| term_start1 = October 27, 1949
| term_end1 = March 11, 1953
| predecessor1 = [[Cavendish W. Cannon]]
| successor1 = [[James Williams Riddleberger]]
| president1 = [[Harry S. Truman]]
| office2 = [[US Ambassador to India]]
| term_start2 = March 11, 1953
| term_end2 = November 30, 1954
| predecessor2 = [[Chester Bowles]]
| successor2 = [[John Sherman Cooper]]
| president2 = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| office3 = [[US Ambassador to Nepal]]
| term_start3 = March 11, 1953
| term_end3 = November 30, 1954
| predecessor3 = [[Chester Bowles]]
| successor3 = [[John Cooper]]
| president3 = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| office = [[US Ambassador to Greece]]
| term_start = July 26, 1956
| term_end = November 13, 1957
| predecessor = [[Cavendish W. Cannon]]
| successor = [[James Williams Riddleberger]]
| president = [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
}}
'''George Venable Allen''' (November 3, 1903 – July 11, 1970) was a United States [[diplomat]]. He served as [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Iran|ambassador to Iran]] during the crisis of 1946 and was involved in managing US relations amid the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He was involved in expanding activities of the [[Voice of America]], exporting culture and increasing US participation in the [[UNESCO]].
==Early life and career==
Born in [[Durham, North Carolina]], son of a merchant Thomas Ellis Allen and Harriet Moore, he attended [[Duke University]]—then known as Trinity College—graduating in 1924<ref name="archive">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/chanticleerseria1924duke#page/34/mode/2up|title=The Chanticleer [serial]|access-date=2015-10-18}}</ref> and from [[Harvard University]] in 1929.<ref name="nndb">{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/614/000121251/|title=George V. Allen|publisher=nndb.com|access-date=2015-10-18}}</ref> He worked briefly as a high school teacher between 1924 and 1928 and as a newspaper reporter for the ''Asheville Times'' and ''Durham Herald''.
He joined the [[United States Foreign Service|Foreign Service]] in 1930 working first as vice consul in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] and later in [[Shanghai|Shanghai, China
Allen was president of the [[Tobacco Institute]] from 1960 to 1966.<ref>
{{cite press release |title=George V. Allen, U.S.I.A Director, Named Tobacco Institute President |publisher=Hill and Knowlton |date=1960-11-11 |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/zfa70a00 |access-date=2008-08-02}}
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▲ | access-date = 2008-08-02 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |title=UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., f/k/a PHILIP MORRIS INC., et al., Defendants. |url=https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/civil/legacy/2014/09/11/20040816%20US%20FACTUAL%20MEMO%20w%20BkMks_0.pdf |website=justice.gov}}</ref> He defended the tobacco industry as early reports of links between cigarette smoking and cancer began to emerge.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1970-07-12 |title=George V. Allen Is Dead at 66; One of 16 Career Ambassadors |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/12/archives/george-v-allen-is-dead-at-66-one-of-16-career-ambassadors.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 1966, Allen returned to the State Department as the Director of the [[Foreign Service Institute]]. He retired in 1968.
Allen appeared as himself, while serving as the Director of the [[Foreign Service Institute]], on the February 6, 1967 episode of the game show ''[[To Tell the Truth]]''. He deceived none, receiving all four votes from the panel.<ref>{{cite web |title=To Tell the Truth |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-6hi4OZClA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/N-6hi4OZClA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=[[CBS]] |access-date= April 27, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>▼
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Despite working in the private sector from 1960-1966, Allen remained involved in foreign affairs. From 1961-1962, Allen was on the [[Herter Committee|Committee on Foreign Affairs Personnel]] which was involved in [[Anti-communism|Cold War anticommunism]]. He was also the President of [[Diplomatic and Consular Officers, Retired (DACOR)]] in April of 1964.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=March 1966 |title=George Allen Sworn As Head of Foreign Service Institute |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108168821&seq=187 |journal=State Department Newsletter |pages=19 |via=Hathitrust}}</ref>
He married Katherine Martin in 1934, author of a self-published book on their lives overseas, ''Foreign Service Diary.'' They had three children, George V. Allen, Jr., John M. Allen and Richard A. Allen, all lawyers in Washington, D.C. He died at [[Bahama, North Carolina]] and is interred in [[Rock Creek Cemetery]] in Washington D.C.{{cn|date=February 2022}}▼
▲Allen appeared as himself, while serving as the Director of the
▲He married
==Notes==
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