Richard C. Allison passed away on Nov. 12.
Born in Manhattan in 1924, Richard was educated at the college and the law school of the University of Virginia where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and editor of the Virginia Law Review. He served as communications officer on the U.S.S. Endicott during World War II. He commenced the practice of law in New York with the firm of Satterlee, Warfield & Stephens in 1948 and, after two years service with the CIA during the Korean War, he joined the firm of Reid & Priest where he spent over 33 years representing American and foreign clients.
Allison is remembered with special appreciation by the many young lawyers he trained. His work took him to many countries and involved lengthy residences with his family in Latin America and Europe.
Richard was active in the American Bar Association and was chairman of its section of International Law, Latin American Law Committee and International Legal Exchange Program. On Long Island, he was chairman of the Village of Roslyn Planning Board and a member of the Boards of Trustees of the Manhasset Congregational Church and Buckley Country Day School. In 1988, he was appointed by the United States as a member of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague where he served as a full-time judge until 1997. Allison was a member of Sons of the American Revolution, the St. Andrews Society of New York, the Raven Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club.
He was predeceased by Anne, his beloved wife of 63 years, and is survived by his daughter Anne Sidney Park and her husband David B. Park of Santa Fe, NM, his son W. Scott Allison of Plandome Manor, NY, and his granddaughter Cassandra A. Park of Denver.
