Wick Allison (1948-2020) *72

was an American magazine publisher and author. He was the owner of D Magazine, a monthly magazine covering Dallas-Fort Worth, which he co-founded in 1974. He was also the principal owner of People Newspapers, which he purchased in 2003. He served as president of the non-profit American Ideas Institute, publisher of The American Conservative. 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 humor magazine The Texas Ranger and earned a degree in American Studies. Upon graduation, he served in the White House on the President's Commission on Campus Unrest and subsequently joined the United States Army. He attended the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he developed 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. Allison and his wife had a child with developmental difficulties, which was discussed in a profile of Allison which was published by the Washington Post.[citation needed]

Allison died on the night of September 1, 2020, at his home in Craigie Clair, in the Catskill Mountains. He was 72, and suffered from bladder cancer for more than a decade before his death.