Paul L. Beck, 67, of Royal Oak Drive, Washington, died Sunday, July 26, 1998, in Humbert Lane Health Care Center, Washington. He was a 1948 graduate of Washington High School and received his bachelor of science degree from Waynesburg College in 1953. He also had special study courses in power system relaying and supervisory management from AIEE, IEEE, Westinghouse, General Electric and the American Management Association. Mr. Beck was employed in the fields of consulting, engineering, design, marketing, service and maintenance of electrical power equipment and systems. During these years, he served on various technical committees of NEMA, IEEE, ANSI and MIC. He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the Industrial Application Society, the Physical Society of Pittsburgh, the Instrument Society of America and the American Association of Advanced Science. He also was an affiliate member of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, Washington Chapter. Mr. Beck achieved a patent on a solid-state circuit for an anti-pumping x-y circuit for power circuit breakers. He was a member of Church of the Covenant, where he had served as a deacon. In August 1953, he married Dolores M. Maloy, who died April 23, 1997. Surviving are three daughters, Sherri L. Vlainich of Amity, Beth A. Grenfell of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, and Donna R. Sheridan of Ruffin, N.C.; four grandchildren, Erica Lynne, Michael Richard and Marc Andrew Vlainich. and Jason Paul Grenfell; a niece; and four nephews. Deceased are a brother, Robert A. Beck Sr.; and a sister, Shirley F. Oldland. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Monday, July 27, 1998Paul L. Beck
Washington man was scientist and engineer
He was born January 4, 1931, in Canonsburg, a son of Clarence F. and Gladys Metcaff Beck.