First Generation

1. Dr Irving Addison Beck was born on 4 November 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island. He received a Biology degree in 1932 in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He received a Medical Degree degree in 1936 in Harvard College Medical School., Boston, Massachusetts. Irving died on 25 January 1998 in Roger Williams Medical Center, Providence. He was buried in Lincoln Park Cemetery, Warwick, R.I.. He received a degree. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Dr Irving Addison Beck graduated from Brown University in 1932, Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Biology. Member of the debating team and Phi Beta Kappa.
He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1936 with highest academic honors.
Completed residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in 1939.
In WWII, Dr Beck was a captain and head of laboratory services in the 48th Evacuation Hospital from Rhode Island, in the India, China, Burma theater.
He returned to the U.S. as Major
Deputy chief of staff at Camp Edwards, Mass
Chief of Medical Services at the Lying-In and Miriam Hospitals in Providence, 1962
Consultant at Roger Williams and Rhode Island Hospital
President of the Providence Medical Association, Governor of Rhode Island in the American College of Physicians, President of the Rhode Island Diabetes Association and President of the American Osler Society.
Dr Beck taught a course in Medical History at Brown University for decades.
Dr Beck received the Brown Medical School "W.W.Keen Award"
In 1986, he received the "Ralph O. Claypool Award" from the American Academy of Physicians. He was a member of the Francis Countway Library of Medicine in Boston, the John Russell Bartlett Society, the John Carter Brown Library, the Grolier Club and the Italian History Club.
Dr Beck was an Internist with a specialty in Cardiology.
He remained in Rhode Island all his life