T. Edmund Beck ’26

T. Edmund Beck '26 died at his home in Scarsdale, N.Y., June 6, 1996. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1903, he grew up in New Castle, Pa. After high school there, a scholarship enabled him to complete Princeton's admission requirements at Mercersburg.

As an undergraduate, Ted managed Cap & Gown with Caleb Gates '26, was circulation manager of the Daily Princetonian, played lacrosse, rented Fords to classmates, and majored in history. One of his teachers recommended him to James Forrestal '15 at Dillon Read & Co., which Ted joined in 1926. Four years later he founded the investment counseling firm of Beck Mack & Oliver, which he headed until his son John '53 succeeded him.

His wife, Madeline, who died five years ago, and his children were the center of his life. He saw to it that Princeton touched them, too. Ted was proud of his classmates for their recordbreaking generosity in the major-reunion campaigns he led. He was class president 198591. In appreciation the class in 1991 conferred on him its Distinguished Service Award.

Our deep sympathy is extended to his family: his children, John '53, Susan B. Wasch, and T. E. Jr. '52, and 12 grandchildren, including Susanne Beck '81, Wells Beck '91, and Frederick Wasch '94. We will miss Ted Beck.

The Class of 1926