Alan Allery, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, died on Saturday. He was 59.
Allery was a longtinme employee of the University of North Dakota. He served as director of the National Resource Center on Native American Aging and director of the Student Health Service.
Colleagues said Allery was dedicated to improving student health and to helping Indian Country.
"He wasn't just committed to good research, but to doing research that informed public policy, both on the federal level and by helping local tribes," Mary Wakefield, the director of UND's Center for Rural Health, told The Grand Forks Herald.
“It's really through his efforts that a lot of American Indian programs got started at UND,” American Indian Student Services Director Leigh Jeanotte said.
Get the Story:OBITUARY: Student health service director remembered for work with students, American Indians (The Grand Forks Herald 7/17)
pwpwd $rl National Resource Center on Native American Aging - http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/rural//nrcnaa Related Stories:
UND center offers training in elderly care (8/15)
N.D. Natives have shortest life span in Indian Country (07/23)
Elder care study shows worsening problems (07/11)
