A Family Legacy in Faith and Education
W
hen you’re a fourth-generation Adventist whose mother served as a teacher and administrator in Adventist schools for over 45 years and whose
grandfather was personally counseled by Ellen White to attend Oakwood University, it’s almost inevitable that you too will follow a similar educational path. And for Brian Allison, principal of Glenview Adventist Academy in Phoenix, Arizona, there is no path he’d rather be on than the one provided by his rich Adventist heritage, one he fully embraces as his own. Born in South Bend, Indiana, near Notre Dame University in the shadow of the famed “Touchdown Jesus” mural, Allison credits his parents with being “the best parents anyone could have.” Allison remembers his late father, Harold M. Allison Sr., a graduate of Shiloh Adventist Academy in Chicago, as being a great example to his four sons: Brian, Harold, Marvin, and Michael. Allison Sr. never was able to finish college due to taking care of the family farm while his brothers served in the Korean War.
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