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Professional History

Instrumentman/Draftsman/Resident Engineer, Southern Pacific Railway, TX and AZ, 1903-1906; Locating and District Engineer in Charge of Construction, Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific Railway, WA, ID, MT, 1906-1914; Construction Engineer, King County, WA, 1914-1917; Beeman was in charge of 3 million dollars of trunk roads in King County; Captain, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), Corps of Engineers, Roads Office, France, c. 1917-1921; during World War I, he was with the Department of Light Railways and Roads (Major Operations), Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Argonne, France; Engineer, King County, WA, 1921-1927; Consulting Engineer, State of Washington, Highway Commission, 1927-1929; Chief Engineer, King County Regional Planning Commission, 1929-1934; City Engineer, City of Seattle, WA, 1934-1937; U.S. Engineering Department, Pittsburgh, PA, 1937-

Member, AEF, Engineering Research Commission; Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Engineers Reserve Corps, c. 1939; Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); President, Society of American Military Engineers, Seattle Section, 1931; Member, Engineers Club, Seattle, WA;

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, c. 1900;

Personal

He was the son of G.A. and Cornelia Rupe Beeman;

He married B.M. Gebhardt, in Seattle, WA, 08/1917.

Member, College Club, Seattle, WA; Member, Rainier Golf Club, Seattle, WA; 40 et 8. Legionnaire; S.R. Mason, Seattle, WA; in 1939, Beeman identified himself as a Republican and Episcopalian. He lived at 724 Roselawn Avenue in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1939.



Associated Locations

  • Comanche, TX (Architect's Birth)
    Comanche, TX

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PCAD id: 5856