Background
Beck, William Harold was born on August 18, 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Harold and Mary (McGaha) Beck.
Beck, William Harold was born on August 18, 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States. Son of William Harold and Mary (McGaha) Beck.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). University of Mississippi (Juris Doctor, 1954). Tulane University. Order of the Coif.
Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1954. Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1970.
Attorney, Clarksdale, 1954—1957. Assistant professor Tulane University, New Orleans, 1957—1959. Partner Foley & Judell, 1959—1988, of counsel, 1988—2007.
Captain United States Army, 1951-1953.
Member of Sons of the American Revolution, Mississippi Bar Association, Louisiana Bar Association, Military Order Foreign Wars, Huguenot Society, Military and Hospitalier Order St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, S.R., Society Colonial Wars.
Married Nancy Cassity House, January 30, 1954. Children: Mary, Nancy, Katherine.