Wick Allison

Lodowick Brodie Cobb "Wick" Allison (March 17, 1948September 1, 2020) was an American magazine publisher and writer. He was the owner of D Magazine. It is a monthly magazine covering Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. He co-founded the magazine in 1974.  He was also the main owner of People Newspapers. he purchased Peoples Newspapers in 2003.  Allison was the president of the non-profit American Ideas Institute. They are the publisher of The American Conservative.

Personal life
Allison was born in Dallas, Texas, on March 17, 1948.  He was a sixth-generation Texan. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1971. He served as editor of the student magazine The Texas Ranger, Allison earned a degree in American Studies. after he finished college, he worked in the White House on the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. After that, he joined the United States Army. He attended the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. While at SMU, Allison created his business plan for D Magazine before dropping out.

Allison married Christine Peterson in 1983.  Together, they had four daughters: Gillea, Maisie, Chrissie, and Loddie.  Chrissie was born with Down syndrome. Doctors said that she would need to be put into an institution but Allison and his wife chose to her home.

Allison died on September 1, 2020, at his home in Craigie Clair, in the Catskill Mountains.  He was 72 years old. He had  bladder cancer for more than ten years before his death.

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