GARTH ALLEN
(DONALD BRADLEY)
1925-1974
Eulogy by Bob Paige in a 1974 bulletin of Educational Astrology Inc.
"Garth Allen was the senior editor of American Astrology Magazine. Garth was known as an explorer, a sidereal astrologer who believed that the only thing sacred was truth, and that one must search out that truth.
"As early as January, 1948, he wrote for American Astrology Magazine in "Astrology Explores Psychoanalysis," but it was not until June, 1955, that he started to carve a niche for himself. His pen and that of Cyril Fagan poured out a wealth of information that any astrologer, whether tropical or sidereal can appreciate. His writing not only showed the outcome of an idea but also its birth and development to maturity.
"This professional author was a very private man who was personally shy and aloof. As a lad of thirteen, Garth started his study of astronomy that later combined with that of astrology. He was a first class astronomer, mineralogist, researcher and astrologer. He was born in Nebraska by the name of Donald A. Bradley, assuming the pen name of Garth Allen in 1955.
"Aside from earlier works, his astrological writings graced the pages of American Astrology Magazine under the titles "Powwow Corner" and "Perspectives in the Sidereal." His astrological research included mine disasters, earthquakes and alcoholics, just to name a few topics. He died April 25, 1974."
Ken Irving, editor of American Astrology wrote for this memorial:
"I was just reading through your memorial bio on Donald Bradley, and thought you might want to add that during the late 1950s and early 1960s he authored or co-authored several papers which appeared in scientific journals such as Science and Nature. These were mostly devoted to the relationship between lunar variables (e.g., phases, or perigee and apogee) and the weather. Not many people are aware of this phase of his career, though one can trace this work and the work of others that drew from it in Science Citation Index.
"He did not have a formal scientific education or credentials, but his specialized astronomical and statistical knowledge, developed because of his passion for scientific exploration of astrology, was valuable to a pioneering group of academic and government weather researchers who felt that lunar lore about the weather, which had been for too long relegated to the category of mere superstition, was a fertile field for scientific investigation. During the course of this work, he was affiliated with a department at NYU. When that department closed his various projects came to an end and he moved to Tucson to take up the position of Senior Editor at American Astrology, as Garth Allen."
Norman Winski notes, "You have a bio on Donald Bradley, but no mention of his most famous work, Stock Market Prediction, which was written before he took on the pen name Garth Allen."
BIRTH AND DEATH DATA: AstroDatabank gives the following information, rated A, from his memory and cited in his obituary in American Astrology. He was born May 16, 1925, at 2:04 AM CST, near Bruning, NE, 97W35; 40N21. A man of impressive accomplishments, he was only 48 when he died of cancer on April 25, 1974, at 12:25 PM MST, in Tucson, AZ.
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