Background
Beek, Gus Willard Van was born on March 21, 1922 in Tulsa. Son of Gus Willard and Dovie Lucille (Crupper) Van Beek.
(1969, hardcover edition, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, ...)
1969, hardcover edition, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 421 pages. Here is an in-depth book which tells of four archaeological expeditions to South Arabia, between 1950 and 1953.
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Beek, Gus Willard Van was born on March 21, 1922 in Tulsa. Son of Gus Willard and Dovie Lucille (Crupper) Van Beek.
Bachelor with honors, University Tulsa, 1943. Bachelor's Degree, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1953.
Fellow, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1947-1949; fellow, American Schools Oriental Research, Jerusalem, 1952; research associate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1954-1959; associate curator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1959-1967; curator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, since 1967; director archeological expedition, Hadhramaut, Arabia, 1961-1962; director archeological expedition, Nejran, Saudi Arabia, 1968; director archeological expedition, Tell Jemmeh, Israel, since 1970. Trustee American Schools Oriental Research, 1988-1993, member of advisory board, since 1993.
(1969, hardcover edition, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, ...)
(Baltimore 1969 1st Johns Hopkins. 4to., 421pp., illustrat...)
Member Archeological Institute American, American Institute Yemeni Studies, American Schools Oriental Research, Phi Beta Kappa.
Children: John Phillip, Christopher Hicks, Stephen Dart. Married Ora Braunstein, September 25, 1972.