James L. Allen was one of the founders of management consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Allen was born on November 21, 1904, on a farm in Somerset, Kentucky. He spent his boyhood in Somerset, was educated in public schools, and graduated from Somerset High School in 1921. He attended business college and in 1922 moved to Chicago where he worked at several jobs and attended night school. Mr. Wikipedia
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