Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine
Respectfully Adopted January 10, 2006 – IUPUI Faculty Council
Dr. David Allmann was a Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine. David Allmann was born in Peru, Indiana on May 20, 1935. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Indiana University in 1964. He did postdoctoral work at the prestigious Institute for Enzyme Research at the University of Wisconsin and was an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Wisconsin before joining the Department of Biochemistry at Indiana University School of Medicine in 1970. He spent the remainder of his academic career, 35 years, at the School of Medicine at IUPUI in Indianapolis.
As a research investigator, Dr. Allmann contributed significantly to our understanding of mitochondrial processes and the action of fluoride on cellular metabolism and signaling. Throughout his career, Dr. Allmann was a major contributor to the teaching of Dental, Medical and Graduate School students at IUPUI. He was instrumental in developing problem-based learning courses for students in a variety of programs. He was widely recognized at IUPUI and the Statewide Centers for Medical Education as a leader in developing cases in problem-based learning and in assessment of student learning in this process. He served as the director of the Medical Biochemistry statewide examination at the School of Medicine and co-director of the course in Medical Biochemistry at Indianapolis. He contributed significantly to the recruitment and admission of graduate students in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and a newly established Biotechnology Training Program.
He was internationally recognized for his contributions to the recruitment of graduate students from China after the Cultural Revolution through the CUSBEA exchange program. He made many trips to China to interview and recruit students to US biochemistry graduate programs and particularly the programs at IU School of Medicine. His personal effort to help Chinese students adjust to American culture was widely appreciated by many students who are now successful professors and researchers in universities and industry. Dr. Allmann was ever the consummate Departmental citizen and an outstanding colleague who will be sadly missed by faculty, students and staff of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
David Allmann passed away on December 15, 2005 at the age of 70. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Allmann; his mother, Eunice Allmann; two daughters, Victoria Haeck and Judith Byrd; three grandchildren: Adam Haeck, Kelsey Byrd and Kyle Byrd; and one great-grandson, Sebastian Haeck.
Committee members:
William F. Bosron, Ph.D.
Robert A. Harris, Ph.D.
Peter J. Roach, Ph.D.
Zhong-Yin Zhang, Ph.D.
Names and addresses of members of the family who are to receive copies of the tribute:
Wife
Mary Ann Allmann
4101 Melbourne Rd
Indianapolis, IN 46228
Daughters
Victoria Haeck
657 La Bahia Loop
New Braunfels, TX 78132
Judith Byrd
125 Mountain Valley Dr.
Hendersonville, NC 28739