Authors and Illustrators Database

John Charles Beukema

Born: 08/11/1888  Muskegon, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Died: 09/21/1967
Parents: Charles John and Wyke Beukema
Spouse: Jantina
Children: Charles Robert, John Lewis
Address(es):
Interred: Evergreen Cemetery
Muskegon, MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The port of Muskegon, Michigan Michigan History Adult [Muskegon, Mich. 1957
A study of the factors influencing the development of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula Non Fiction, Michigan Adult Lansing, Mich. : Research Division, Michigan Economic Development Dept. 1954
The Yellow Spider
- Under name Beechame
Fiction Adult New York : W.J. Watt & Company 1917
The Argus Pheasant
- Under name Beechame
Fiction Adult New York : W.J. Watt & Company 1916
- Contributor of articles to business journals Fiction

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Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Literary Michigan by The Michigan Council for the Humanities 1988
Who's Who

Memberships:

Name Date
Member of the Elks and Rotary
Trustee and Director of the Muskegon YMCA
Advisory Board Member of the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 1953-1961

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Attended Calvin College Grand Rapids, MI 1906
Attended Central Indiana College (now University of Indianapolis) Indianapolis, IN

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Executive Secretary and Manager Muskegon Chamber of Commerce Muskegon, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1922-1953
Secretary Manistee Board of Commerce Manistee, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 1917-1922
Newspaper reporter, editor, and business manager Muskegon News 1906-1917
Chairman Muskegon Federal Savings & Loan Association Muskegon, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent

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His greatest achievement was his fight to secure legislation for a deep draft waterway from the Atlantic to the inland seas of America's heartland known as the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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