Background
Beckett, Theodore Charles was born on May 6, 1929 in Boonville, Missouri, United States. Son of Theodore Cooper and Gladys (Watson) Beckett.
Beckett, Theodore Charles was born on May 6, 1929 in Boonville, Missouri, United States. Son of Theodore Cooper and Gladys (Watson) Beckett.
Bachelor of Science, University Missouri, Columbia, 1950. Juris Doctor, University Missouri, Columbia, 1957.
Worked at The Beckett Law Firm (Kansas City, Missouri) specializing in Litigation, General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1957, Missouri. Order of the Coif; Phi Alpha Delta.
Member, Board of Editors, Missouri Law Review, 1956-1957.
Member, Board of Curators, University of Missouri System, 1995. Member: American Bar Association.
The Missouri Bar. American Judicature Society.
Lawyers Association of Kansas City.
Former member board directors Kansas City Civic Ballet. Member City Plan Commission, Kansas City, 1976-1980. Member board curators U. Missouri, since 1995, president 1998.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1950-1953. Member American, Missouri, Kansas City bar associations, Lawyers Association Kansas City, Newcomen Society North America, Sons of the American Revolution, Order of Coif, Sigma Nu, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Daysie Margaret Cornwall, 1950. Children: Elizabeth Gayle, Theodore Cornwall, Margaret Lynn, William Harrison, Anne Marie.