Background
Beshears, Lydia Jean was born on September 21, 1945 in New Orleans. Daughter of Milton Eliot and Edna Ruth (Patterson) Landry.
Beshears, Lydia Jean was born on September 21, 1945 in New Orleans. Daughter of Milton Eliot and Edna Ruth (Patterson) Landry.
Bachelor in Government, University New Orleans, 1967. Postgraduate, young executives program University North Carolina, 1986.
Personnel analyst civil service, City of New Orleans, 1967-1968; employment interviewer/counsellor, North Carolina Employment Security Commission, Durham, 1968-1970; personnel analyst, assistant director, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1971-1980; assistant manager personnel, Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1980-1981; manager personnel, Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1981-1989; director human resources, American Social Health Association, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, since 1989. Consultant Very Important Person Management Superior vena cava syndrome, Durham, 1980.
Precinct committeewoman, state and district delegate, Durham County Democratic Committee, 1971-1974. Member executive committee Parkwood Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association, Durham, 1974, Parkwood Athletic Association, 1974. Member American Society Personnel Administration, American Hospital Personnel Association, North Carolina Hospital Personnel Association (representative district VI 1986-1988), Triangle Human Resources Association, Raleigh-Wake Society for Human Resources Management (program committee 1993, mentor 1993), Rocky Mount Area Personnel Association (secretary-treasurer 1984, vice president 1985, president 1986), Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce (legislation committee 1985-1986), Luncheon Pilot Club Rocky Mount (historian 1985).
Married Earl Dixon Beshears, January 13, 1968. L child, Aaron.