George R. Beach ’26

GEORGE BEACH, prominent resident of Lake Forest, Ill., and of the Hot Springs, Va. area, and a loyal and generous Princetonian, died of a heart attack Aug. 26, 1 99o, in Bacova, Va., at 87. At Princeton and in life George was an active participant. George spent his entire business career with E.I. du Pont Co. Much of his work was in personnel and as personnel manager of du Pont in Wilmington. His wide range of interests took him from raising irises, hunting in Africa and India, and collecting Currier and Ives prints, to serving as president of Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, as treasurer of the Natl. Board of PP/WPOP, and as alderman and threeterm mayor of Lake Forest. He became a trustee of Lake Forest College in 1955 and retired as board chairman in 1974. He served as secretary, V.P., and president of 1926, and as president of the P.C. of Chicago. George was a rare person, whose interest in people resulted in activity, philanthropy, and leadership. We will long remember George Beach and what he meant to US.

Our profound sympathy goes out to his wife, Mary, his daughters Jane Zalman and Lynn O'Riley, his stepdaughters, Carolyn Tams and Katherine Bairstow, nine grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild.

The Class of 1926