Background
Beacher, Bruce Franklin was born on May 24, 1919 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Bertha Priscilla (Snyder) Beacher.
Beacher, Bruce Franklin was born on May 24, 1919 in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Franklin and Bertha Priscilla (Snyder) Beacher.
Bachelor of Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1939. Master of Science, Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1949. Postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Maryland, 1954.
Timber surveyor Civil Conservation Corps., Livonia, Pennsylvania, 1936. Assistant soil surveyor Pennsylvania State College, 1938—1939. Soil scientist United States Bureau Reclamation, Montana, Colorado, 1940—1947, Washington, Denver, 1950—1956.
Soil physics teaching assistant Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1947—1949, Ohio State University, 1949—1950. Soil scientist, department agriculture Washington, 1956—1957. Regional research coordinator.
Deputy assistant administrator cooperative state research service Washington, 1957—1974. Retired, 1974; civic worker Adams County, Pennsylvania, from 1975. Member Adams County Advisory Council Aging, 1976—1980.
Chairman, 1978, Adams County chapter American Red Cross, 1979—1981. Board directors United Way. American Political Science Association United States.
Congressional intern, 1963—1964. 1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946.
Member of American Association Retired Persons, National Association Retired Federal Employees, National Geography Society, Lions Club (secretary 1979-1981), Phi Eta Sigma (president 1977-1979), Alpha Zeta (chairman), Sigma Xi.
Married Betty Marguerite Strayer, September 27, 1941. Children: Brent Franklin, Deborah Bel.