I didn?t know Dr. James C. Allen personally, but had heard a little about him over the years. He was seldom in the papers, yet was one of the most revered faculty members at the UW-Madison Medical School?s Department of Ophthalmology and as an extraordinary eye surgeon at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans? Hospital during a career that spanned 40 years.
According to colleagues and others who knew him personally, Dr. Allen was one of those rare individuals who never tired of helping others, but never sought recognition.