Louis Andrew Beach

Background

Beach, Louis Andrew was born on June 2, 1925 in Greenville, Indiana, United States. Son of George Covert and Clara (Kiesler) Beach.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, 1944, Master of Science, 1947, Doctor of Philosophy, 1949.

Career

Research associate Laboratory Nuclear Studies, Cornell University., 1949-1951. Physicist Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1951-1987, head shielding section, 1953-1955, head nuclear reactions branch, 1955-1966, headphysics I section, cyclotron branch, 1966-1971, head nuclear physics section,1971-1976, head radiation damage simulation section, 1976-1978, head radiation interactions section, 1978-1980, research physicist radiation detection section, 1981-1987. Consultant Sachs/Freeman, Incorporated., Landover.

Lecturer graduate.program nuclear engineering Catholic U. American, 1960-1966, 87-91.

Achievements

• Louis Andrew Beach has been listed as a noteworthy physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow Washington Academy Science. Member American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Virginia Ann McHugh, October 20, 1956. Children: Andrew, Ann Marie, RuthChristine, Covert John.

Father:

George Covert Beach

Mother:

Clara (Kiesler) Beach

Spouse:

Virginia Ann McHugh

child:

Covert John Beach

child:

Ann Marie Beach

child:

RuthChristine Beach

child:

Andrew Beach