Kenneth Harold Beck

Background

Beck, Kenneth Harold was born on February 26, 1923 in Pittsburgh. Son of Kenneth H. and Bertha Mabel (Planson) Beck.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 1944.

Career

Electronics engineer, Naval Air Experimental Station, Philadelphia, 1944-1945; research engineer, Kaiser-Fleetwings, Inc., Bristol, Pennsylvania, 1946-1947; head electronic development group, Wing Engineering, Inc., Philadelphia, 1947-1950; co-owner, head electronics department, Spar Engineering and Development, Inc., Wyncote, Pennsylvania, 1950-1953; research group leader, Minneapolis-Honeywell Reg. Company, Philadelphia, 1953-1959; chief engineer design and development, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1959-1962; president, TAC Technology Instrument Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey, 1962-1990; chairman, TAC Technology Instrument Corporation, Trenton, New Jersey, since 1962.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for electrical control apparatus, oscillator, percentage modulation system for proportional control, control apparatus, electrical apparatus, phototransistor modulating apparatus, series-energized cascaded transistor amplifier, ultrasonic positionindicator system, sequential event memory circuit, ultrasonic transducer coupler for flaw detection systems.

Membership

Chairman Joint Municipal Planning Commission, Newtown, Wrightstown, and Upper Makefield Townships, Pennsylvania, 1976-1982. Member Newtown Township Planning Commission, 1972-1988, chairman, 1988. Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1945-1946.

Fellow American Society Nondestructive Testing. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (life, senior), American Society for Testing and Materials.

Interests

• Avocation: amateur radio.

Connections

Married Betty L. Voigt, October 9, 1945. Children: Nancy Stiles, Kenneth H. III, Frederick A.

Father:

Kenneth H. Beck

Mother:

Bertha Mabel (Planson) Beck

Spouse:

Betty L. Voigt

child:

Kenneth H. III Beck

child:

Frederick A. Beck

child:

Nancy Stiles Beck