Background
Beck, D. Elden was born on April 11, 1906 in Spanish Fork, Utah, United States. Son of Mitchell R. and Ruth Ellen (Davis) Beck.
Beck, D. Elden was born on April 11, 1906 in Spanish Fork, Utah, United States. Son of Mitchell R. and Ruth Ellen (Davis) Beck.
Bachelor of Arts, Brigham Young University, 1929, Master of Arts, 1930. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State College, 1933.
Chairman biology department Dixie College, Saint George, Utah, 1933-1938. Member of faculty Brigham Young University, since 1938, professor zoology, department chairman, since 1960. Expeditions to Canada, Mexico.
President, Utah Mosquito Abatement Association, since 1964.
Member of faculty Brigham Young University, since 1938, professor zoology, department chairman, since 1960. Served to captain Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member American Society Parasitologists, Wildlife Disease Association, Utah Academy Arts and Letters, Sigma Xi.
Member Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Married Florence Robinson, May 30, 1933. Children: Janet (Mistress Jon Clark), Brent, Linda (Brent Bullough), Larry.