Paul Allen - In the university library my fath...

In the university library my father helped lead, as the Associate Director of Libraries from '60 to '82, I spent hours and hours as a kid devouring piles of books so I could follow the latest advances in science.

Paul Allen

American Businessman

Born: Jan 21, 1953

Died: Oct 15, 2018

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