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The Allen Lake Memorial Scholarship Fund has been established. Anyone wishing to donate to the scholarship can send a check to Pat Meyer, with a note in the memo that it is for the Lake Scholarship.
Allen Lake, 86, of Morehead, retired professor of biological sciences at Morehead State University and community leader, passed away at Jewish Hospital in Louisville on Saturday, September 10, 2011. He was a loving and loved husband, father, grandfather. His friends know that his love of his family as well as teaching and learning were priorities throughout his life. Although he will be greatly missed, his family and friends take solace in the fact that he is now in the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Allen was born on September 17, 1924, in Jamestown, New York, son of Alma Alexandra Seastrom and Leonard Lake. He was their only child. With World War II underway, Allen joined the United State Army Air Corps at the age of 18 years. He served a total of three years, with two years overseas where he received medals of accommodation including the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, three Bronze Stars and Battle Stars for the Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. He was discharged from the Army on December 19, 1945.
After returning from the Army, Allen started college and also started dating Betty Phillips. Allen and Betty attended Edinboro State Teachers College in Edinboro, PA where Allen received a BS degree in Biology. Then he moved on to the University of Buffalo to get his MS in Biology, and advanced work at Argonne National Laboratory at Stoney Brook part of State University of New York.
Allen is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Phillips Lake. They were married on May 29, 1948, in the Presbyterian Church in Sugar Grove, PA. They had five children: Ann Lea (Henry) Greenwell of Taylorsville, KY, Aleson Leonard (Sue) Lake of Salem, OR, Allen Lee (Julie) Lake of Owensboro, KY, Mary Beth (Gary) Dillensnyder of Collegeville, PA, and Alma Lou (Don) Cundiff of Lexington, KY. They have seven grandchildren: Lucy Ann Greenwell Garrison, Dollie Jane Greenwell, Allyson Lauren Hill Blythe, Katie Dawn Lake, Zachary Lake, Elizabeth Anne Lake, and Logan Allen Lake.
Allen loved the sciences. His enthusiasm and excitement for learning spread to his students year after year. He taught at Lees College in Jackson, KY for 7 years, at Morehead State University for 30 years, and at Edinboro State University for 2 years. Allen taught that every living creature is special and it has a purpose in God's grand design.
Allen was a member and elder of Faith Presbyterian Church, a charter member and past president of the Optimist Club, member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, twice Commander of the Local Post 3131, member of the Morehead Men's Club, Retired Teachers Association, and American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Anyone wishing to donate to the scholarship can send a check to Pat Meyer, with a note in the memo that it is for the Lake Scholarship.
Pat Meyer, Treasurer
P.O. Box 883
Fairdale, KY 40118-0883
Our next conference
Our Spring 2012 conference will be in the Shepherdsville area.
We have been able to work out our conflict with the weekend on April 14-15 corresponding the Knob Creek Gun Show fiasco. Lodging was already beginning to be a problem even this early.
The dates for the spring conference in Shepherdsville has been switched to April 20 - 22.
We have arranged a few rooms at the Country Inns and Suites adjacent to the Paraquet Conference Center. Their phone number is 502-543-8400. You will need to say you are with the Kentucky Society of Natural History, but arrange for your own payment not through us.
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