Background
Beck, Clyde Mckay was born on December 15, 1886 in Keatchie, Louisiana, United States. Son of James Alston and Donna (McKay) Beck.
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Clyde Mckay Beck
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Graduate in Pharmacy. University of South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1906. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgical, Memphis, 1908.
Career
Practiced general medicine until 1917. Served with 90th Division, United States Army, World War I, continued army career, serving at Camp Pike, Arkansas, 1920-1921, Fort Lewis, Washington, 1921-1922, Presidio of San Francisco, 1923-1925, Manila, Philippine Islands, 1926-1927, Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1928-1932, Fort Myer, Virginia, 1932-1936, Panama Canal, 1936-1938, Fort Adams, Newport, Rhode Island, 1938-1939. Professor military science and tactics Georgetown Medical School, Washington, 1939-1940.
Commanding officer Station Hospital, Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, 1941-1942, Ashford General Hospital, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 1942-1946, Pratt General Hospital, Coral Gables, Florida, 1946-1947.
Brigadier general retired, 1947. Manager Kennedy Victoria and Albert Hospital, Memphis, 1948-1951.
Achievements
Membership
Mason.; Clubs.
Connections
Married Dorothy Brema Coors, June 29, 1909. Children: Eleanor (Mistress John Freeman Kerkam), James Alston.
