Robert T. P. Allen, USMA 1834
Born 1813 in Maryland.
Drowned, July 9, 1888 in the Kissimmee River, Florida.
- Graduated fifth of 36 in the USMA class of 1834.
- Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering, Allegheny College,
1838-1841.
- Professor of Mathematics, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky,
1841-1845.
- Founder and Superintendent, Kentucky Military Institute, 1847, 1849,
1851-1854.
- Superintendent of Bastrop Military Institute, Texas, 1857-1861.
- Superintendent of Kentucky Military Institute, 1866-1874.