Edgar Frederick Beckham

Background

Beckham, Edgar Frederick was born on August 5, 1933 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Son of Walter Henry and Willabelle (Hollinshed) Beckham.

Education

Bachelor, Wesleyan University, 1958. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1959. Postgraduate, Yale University, 1959—1961.

Doctor of Humane Letters, Olivet College, 1997. Doctor of Humane Letters, Clark University, 2000.

Career

Instructor German, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1961-1966; director language laboratory, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1963-1966; language laboratory director, lecturer German, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1967-1969; associate provost, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1969-1973; dean, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1973-1990; dean emeritus, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, since 1996; program officer, The Ford Foundation, New York City, 1990-1996; coordinator, Campus Diversity Initiative, since 1996. Lecturer English U. Erlangen, Germany, 1966-1967. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities.

Member Commision on Institutions of Higher Education, 1981-1984. President Rockfall corporation, 1985-1986. Board directors Association American Colls., 1985-1990.

Achievements

• Edgar Frederick Beckham has been listed as a noteworthy educational consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Connecticut Humanities Council, 1979-1980, Connecticut Committee on Education Equity and Excellence, 1994-1995, Connecticut State Board Education, 1993-1995. Member Democratic Town Committee, Middletown, 1972-1990. President board directors Connecticut Housing Investment Fund, 1981-1983.

Chairman board directors Middlesex Hospital, 1983-1985, director emeritus. Trustee emeritus Vermont Academy. Chairman, board directors Connecticut Public Broadcasting, 1990-1992.

Chairman board trustees Donna Wood Foundation. Trustee Mount Holyoke College, 2000-2005. Board directors National Association for Foreign Student Advisers, 2001-2004.

Member advisory council Appalachian College Association Institute, member Future of Higher Education Project, 2001-2004. With Army of the United States, 1954-1957. Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers German.

Connections

Married Ria Haertl, August 16, 1958. 1 child, Frederick Hollinshed.

Father:

Walter Henry Beckham

Mother:

Willabelle (Hollinshed) Beckham

Spouse:

Ria Haertl

child:

Frederick Hollinshed Beckham