Background
Beck, Norman Wood was born on July 8, 1901 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. Son of Lafayette Dillard Beck and Eugenie Fussell Steele.
Beck, Norman Wood was born on July 8, 1901 in Cottage Grove, Oregon, United States. Son of Lafayette Dillard Beck and Eugenie Fussell Steele.
American Bar Association, University of Chicago, 1923; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1941; postgraduate, Columbia University, 1952-1954.
Acting assistant professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1929-1930; instructor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1931-1932; instructor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1932-1939; instructor, Hunter College, New York City, 1939-1943, 50-51; instructor, Brooklyn College, 1941-1942; instructor, New York University, New York City, 1941-1942; vist. lecturer, Smith U., Northampton, Massachusetts, 1943-1944; assistant professor, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1944-1947; assistant professor, Jersey City (New Jersey) State College, 1947-1957; professor, Jersey City State College, 1957-1972; professor emeritus, Jersey City State College, since 1974; chairman political science department, Jersey City State College, 1969-1972. Chairman task force Jersey City State College, 1979-1980, director practicum in practical politics, 1960-1972.
Trustee Friends World College, Huntington, Long Island, New York, 1971-1974. Committee chairman Mendham (New Jersey) Borough Democrats, 1978-1979. Chairman Mendham Borough Environmental Commission, 1978-1982.
Member American Association of University Professors (chapter president 1968-1970), New Jersey Political Science Association (executive council 1972-1978, Distinguished Service award 1977), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Evelyn Virginia Eastman Linn, August 15, 1931. 1 child, Peter Lynwood.