Career
He served as the head football coach at Cornell University in 1896 and at the United States Military Academy in 1911, compiling a career college football record of 11–4–2. He was born on April 8, 1874. Beacham graduated from Cornell University in 1897.
A brigadier general in the United States. Army, Beacham was Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Cornell from 1927 to 1932.
Beacham died at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, District of Columbia on July 28, 1958. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
