Background
Beal,, Bert Leonard was born on June 19, 1911 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Bert Leonard and Catherine (Marks) Beal.
Beal,, Bert Leonard was born on June 19, 1911 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Bert Leonard and Catherine (Marks) Beal.
Bachelor of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1934.
Assistant mine manager Southern Coal, Coke & Mining, Belleville, Illinois, 1935—1936. Engineer Carrier Corporation, Newark, 1936—1937. Assistant foreman St. Joe Minerals Corporation, Bonne Terre, Missouri, foreman training supervisor, assistant general mechanical superintendent, 1937—1954.
General mechanical superintendent, 1954—1966. Director engineering, 1966—1975. President Beal Enterprises, engineering consultant and agribusiness, since 1975.
Lieutenant to lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1941-1946.
Active civic affairs. Trustee Presbyterian Children's Home, board chairman, 1973. Member of Rotarian (secretary 1955, director 1972), American Legion (deacon, elder), St. Francis County History Society (president 1964), Rivermines Engineers Club (secretary 1951, vice president 1952, president 1953), Society Mining Engineers.
Married Josephine Watkins, February 24, 1943. 1 child Albert G.