Wife of James Browning Allen, a Senator from Alabama; born Maryon Pittman in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., November 30, 1925; journalist, editor, writer, and lecturer; appointed on June 6, 1978, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, James B. Allen, and served from June 8, 1978, to November 7, 1978; unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the unexpired term ending January 3, 1981; columnist for The Washington Post 1978-1981; is a resident of Birmingham, Ala.
