Allen, Aris T. (Aris Tee), 1910-

found: Achieving the American dream, 1990:t.p. (Aris T. Allen, M.D.) p. 20 (b. 1910, christened Aris Tee)

found: African American National Biography, accessed November 1, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Allen, Aris Tee; physician, state legislator; born 27 December 1910 in Beeville, Texas, United States; assigned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington (1934); entered Howard Medical School, Howard University as a premedical student (1938); appointed by the governor of Maryland to the Anne Arundel County school board (1950s); elected to the Maryland House of Delegates as a Republican (1966); elected chairman of the Maryland Republican Party; the first African American to preside as secretary of the Republican National Convention (1980); served as director of the Bureau of Health Standards in the Health Care Financing Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1981); enrolled in night classes at Howard University to finish his bachelor's degree requirements, accepted his bachelor's degree at the age of 74 (1985); won a seat in the house of delegates, and at the age of 80 was its oldest member (1990); died 08 February 1991 in Maryland, United States)