IN MEMORIAM: PROFESSOR JOSEPH J. BEARD (1933-2007)
Tuesday, July 1 2008
The editors of the St. John's Law Review respectfully dedicate this issue to Professor Beard.
BIOGRAPHY
Joseph James Beard's diverse, accomplished life encompassed many places, people, and experiences. Soon after his birth in Winthrop, Massachusetts, his family moved to California, where he attended elementary school. When he was a teenager, his family moved back to Boston. Joe attended the Boston Latin School. At age seventeen, while still in high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy's junior ROTC program.
In 1952, Joe Beard graduated from Boston Latin. After he completed basic training that summer, the Navy gave Joe an ROTC scholarship to study electrical engineering at Tufts University. At Tufts, he became a member of Tau Beta Pi. After his graduation in 1956, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He served on active duty for five years, first on destroyers and then as an officer on diesel submarines.
