Allen R. Hawkins moved to Cooperstown in 1975 to be associated with Alph J. Overby in the practice of law. Originally from Jamestown, Allen attended Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., and Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina, finishing there in December 1974. He and his family left here in 1979.

Source: Cooperstown, North Dakota 1882-1982 Centennial Page 21