Henry H. Beam ’60

Henry Beam died of heart failure Dec. 21, 2006, at his home in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Born in Detroit, he prepared at Cranbrook School, and at Princeton majored in basic engineering. He was a member of Key and Seal Club, Orange Key, the Outing Club, and the Nassau Herald staff. Henry played varsity squash and club football and softball. Commissioned an officer in the Navy through the NROTC program, he served four years on active duty and, after commanding three Naval Reserve units, retired as a captain in 1987.

Leaving active duty in the Navy, he earned a Ph.D. in business administration at the University of Michigan. He then joined the management department faculty at Western Michigan University, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in business policy until his death.

Henry also served on the board of directors of the YMCA, played and umpired tennis, and was president of the board of trustees of Kalamazoo Academy, a private, coeducational, nondenominational school for grades K-8.

Henry’s wife of 39 years, Judy, and their children, Caroline M. ’91, Catherine, and Henry H. Jr., survive him. The class extends its sympathy to the family.