Edwin Hughson Beach ’55

Hugh Beach was born Sept. 29, 1933, to Dorothy and Paul Beach, and died April 22, 2012, in Binghamton, N.Y.

Hugh prepared at The Hill School. He wrestled for Princeton, joined Ivy, and roomed with W.R. James and R.D. Hardin. After Army service from 1955 to 1957, he was the general agent for National Life Insurance Co. of Vermont and later the proprietor of Bee Caps, a health-foods business.

A board member at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Binghamton and Susquehanna Valley Boys Home, Hugh started a mentoring program in Punta Gorda, Fla., and was a Big Brother to Evan and Danny Hopple.

A charmer with a ready smile, Hugh was an accomplished drummer and piano player who loved jazz and dancing. He was a golfer, skier, and tennis player. He enjoyed watching the Yankees and New York Giants and playing pitch. He loved watching his grandchildren grow and introducing them to golf.

To his children, Deborah Beach, Stephen Beach, Lisa Ruse, Matthew Beach, and Michael Beach; their mother, Stephanie Franck; his grandchildren, Julie and Joseph Ruse, Jordan Pero, and Nicholas, Matthew, Dominic, Gianna, and Anthony Beach; sister-in-law Deborah Beach; nieces Liz and Rebecca; and nephew Paul Maynard, the class extends its sympathy. Hugh was predeceased by his brother Maynard Beach.