found: Oxford reference website, Mar. 19, 2013 (Samuel W. Allen ; (b. 1917), poet, educator, translator, and lawyer ; Born in Columbus, Ohio, Samuel Allen (also known as Paul Vesey) studied creative writing in 1938. He received his JD from Harvard in 1941. Until 1968 when he formally left law for literature, he was active in both fields ; taught law at Texas Southern University from 1958 to 1960 ; served in Washington, D.C., as assistant general counsel in the U.S. Information Agency from 1961 to 1964, and as chief counsel in the U.S. Community Relations Service from 1965 to 1968)