Background
Bek, Adeline Ann was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Joseph Jacob and Valerie (Tafflin) Antkowiak.
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Adeline Ann Bek
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Student, Barbizon School Design, New York City, 1945; student in business law, Fisher College, 1978-1979; student in business law, College Holy Cross, 1980-1982; certified in real estate, Leuw Institute, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1982.
Career
Private secretary, McKeon Law Firm, Worcester, 1942; private secretary, Curtis Wright Corporation, Buffalo, 1943; private secretary, assistant to general manager, Union Pacific Railroad, New York City, 1945; owner, Bek's Welding, Sutton, Massachusetts, since 1951; president, treasurer, Bek's Welding & Fuel Corporation, Sutton, since 1987.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Blackstone Valley county Girl Scouts United States, Southern Worcester County;member Douglas Republican Town Committee, Massachusetts, 1956-1977. Member Executive Board Massachusetts Federation Republican Women, Boston, 1974-1975. Member Republican National Committee.
Charter member Parent-Teachers Association, Douglas. Member Worcester Science Center, Women in Science Inquiry, 1974-1975,Worcester Art Museum, since 1955, Worcester Opera, World Affairs Ambassadors Council, Boston, Guild of Our Lady of Providence, St. Vincent Hospital, since 1972. Vice president Southern Worcester County Woman Republican, 1974-1975.
Active Salisbury Singers, Inc., Control Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra. Member AARP, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary (charter Douglas chapter), Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology Auxiliary (past president, treasurer 1982-1986), American Society Notaries (notary public since 1978), Worcester History Society, Worcester County Music Association, Worcester Music Guild, The Bach Society Worcester, Worcester Bus.and Professional Women United States of America, Sales Executive Club Greater Worcester, Mother of Twins Club (Natick, Massachusetts), Worcester Republican Women's Club (past president, vice president 1972-1973, treasurer 1972-1975), Mechanics Hall Club (Worchester).
Connections
Married Stephen S. Bek, September 24, 1945 (deceased September 1977). Children: Caroline Joyce, Nancy Ann, Stephen Stanley World War II.
