D. Elden Beck personal papers 1924-1964

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D. Elden Beck personal papers 1924-1964

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This collection contains teaching materials Beck used in the classroom and photographs related to his profession.

37 boxes; (18.5 linear ft.)

eng,

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6341460

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Brigham Young University. Department of Zoology and Entomology

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The Department of Zoology and Entomology (1925-1972) was a department at Brigham Young University which focused on various branches of biological sciences. The Department of Zoology and Entomology was established and placed in the College of Arts and Sciences when the Department of Biology was abolished in 1925. In 1972 it was renamed the Department of Zoology. Department chairmen were Vasco M. Tanner (1927-1957), C. Lynn Hayward (1958-1961), D. Elden Beck (1962-1965), A...

Beck, D. Elden, 1906-

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D. Elden Beck was born on 11 April 1906 in Spanish Fork, UT. He received a Bachelors and a Masters degree in 1929 and 1931. Beck went on to Iowa State College and finished his Doctorate degree in 1933. Beck then taught and Dixie Junior College until 1938 when he was hired at BYU as a professor of zoology and entomology. Beck was appointed chairman of the Zoology and Entomology department at BYU in 1961 where he served until his death in 1967. Beck worked on research teams in Taiwan researching m...