A00214 - Beverley Elaine Allen, Amherst College Class of 1983, Stuyvesant High School (New York City, New York) Graduate, University of Maryland, Baltimore M.D., Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

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Everett,

The profile has two photos of Bev Allen.  Unfortunately, the Olio had no photo of the women’s crew team.

This crowdsourcing of remembrances is adding a lot to the profiles. 

Jack

 

Beverley E. Allen ‘83

 

 (right, 1983 Olio, page 157)

https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/Olios/Olio-1983?from_search=1#page/161/mode/1up

 

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In Memory

I first met Beverley Allen when she visited Amherst during pre-freshmen weekend. We hit it off and became fast friends. Bev came to Amherst from Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where she lived with her family after leaving England. Bev was a feisty, independent spirit who stood up for herself and others. She and I spent our off hours crocheting. She was my “partner in crime” for midnight runs to the Burger King in Hadley. We’d then go back to the dorms to race our kid’s meal toys in the hallway.  

After Amherst, she went to medical school at the University of Maryland. There, she would spend her downtime fishing. She would fish at all hours, swearing no one bothered her. Unfortunately, while she was in medical school, she discovered that she had breast cancer. She fought to get her doctors to take her seriously since she had none of the traditional indicators. She successfully beat the diagnosis, but the treatment caused long-term impacts for the rest of her life. 

She became a child psychiatrist, working in the courts, evaluating children for the juvenile court system. A friend invited her to salmon fish in Washington, and she fell in love with the area. She moved to Vancouver, Washington, so she had easy access to fishing. While there, she continued to crochet and discovered spinning. Bev became an expert spinner, even serving as a judge for county and state fairs. She believed wool was too expensive, so she raised her own alpacas, llamas, angora goats and rabbits for spinning. Her love of the fiber arts continued, and she decided to explore the possibility of creating a fiber business for women in Africa.

While she was visiting The Gambia, COVID hit. She could not leave the country to return home. Bev decided to make The Gambia her new home. She sold her property and livestock in Washington and built a house by the beach in The Gambia. She soon started to raise animals and produce wool.

Unfortunately, the treatment she received for her cancer continued to haunt her. She developed heart problems and had to have a pacemaker installed. She developed problems with her pacemaker over the years and again had to have heart surgery. At the end, the complications from the treatments resulted in her passing on June 18, 2023, just before her 62nd birthday. 

Angela Scott ’82

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Deceased June 18, 2023

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Professional

Employment Information

Former

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

  Group Health Permanente

  Start:

  04/2010

  End:

  05/2024
• Child Psych

  Self Employed

  Start:

  01/1996

  End:

  01/2000
• Child Psychologist

  University of Maryland School of Medicine

  Start:

  01/1993

  End:

  01/1995
• Intern

  Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

  Start:

  01/1989

  End:

  01/1990

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Amherst

Reunion Class

• 1983

Graduation Year

• 1983

Major(s)

• Black Studies

Other Academic

Secondary Schools

• Stuyvesant High School

Higher Ed

• University of Maryland, Baltimore

  Degree:

  Doctor of Medicine

  Year:

  1989

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Amherst

Athletics

• Women's Crew

Fraternity

• Independent (no fraternity affil)

Extracurricular Activities

• Robert Frost Library Student Worker

Post-Graduate

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