Background
Beck, Axel John was born on May 6, 1894 in Sweden. Son of Commerce. M. and Anna (Jonson) Beck.
Beck, Axel John was born on May 6, 1894 in Sweden. Son of Commerce. M. and Anna (Jonson) Beck.
Bachelor of Arts, Morningside College, 1920. Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1922.
Bar: Illinois bar 1923, South Dakot bar 1924. Practiced in, Chicago, 1923-1924, Union County, South Dakot, since 1924. Organizer Bank of Union County, Elk Point, 1943, president, Chairman of the Board, 1947-1958, United States district court judge, since 1958.
President Thermoflector Corporation, North Sioux City, South Dakot Republican nat. committeeman of South Dakot, 1948-1957. Also member Executive Committee.
Member and officer Commision on Uniform Laws for South Dakot. Member National Conference on Uniform Legislation, 1938-1957. Member Elk Point Board of Education, 1945-1950, president, 1949.
Served as Second lieutenant United States Army, World War I. Member American Legion (judge advisory Department of South Dakot), State Bar of South Dakot, American Bar Association, Pi Kappa Delta, Gamma Eta Gamma.
Married Georgia C. Clark, September 10, 1930. Children: Byron John, Craig Allen.