John Louis Beatty, History: Riverside
1922-1975
Professor
John Louis Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, January 24, 1922 and died in Riverside, California, March 23, 1975. He attended high school in Portland and then went on to Reed College, where he graduated with a major in economics in 1943. As a young man, before going to college, he had been very interested in becoming a professional baseball player; he had gone to baseball school and was scouted by the Portland Beavers as a pitcher. Throughout his life he maintained an active interest in sports, especially baseball, football, and basketball. When he entered the army in 1943, he spent time in Chicago with the Army Specialized Training Program studying Japanese. He was sent--with military logic--to Europe to serve with the First Army in England, France, and finally Germany. As a staff sergeant he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for serious wounds suffered in battle. He was discharged in December 1945 and took up graduate study in history at Stanford, where he received an M.A. in 1947. He went back to the Northwest to take a Ph.D. in history at the University of Washington with a dissertation on “The Imperium of Napoleon I.” He was a teaching assistant and then acted as an instructor in history at the University of Delaware from 1952 to 1953.
As of July 1, 1953, he was appointed assistant professor of history and humanities at UC, Riverside, and he began his appointment as one of the few, truly original faculty members of the newly established College of Letters and Science, in which actual instruction did not start until February 1954. He laid plans for the original two-year sequence in the humanities, which was designed to be required of all students and which was clearly influenced by his experiences at Stanford and Reed. With a colleague in philosophy, Oliver A. Johnson, he prepared a book of readings, which was published by Prentice-Hall in 1958 as Heritage of Western Civilization. This work has gone through three editions and many printings and is still widely used throughout the country.
John Beatty's teaching career was largely spent in courses on Western civilization and on England. He was especially interested in the seventeenth century, and on this period he published articles in the Scottish Historical Review and the Huntington Library Quarterly as well as other journals. In 1965 he published Warwick and Holland, a biographical study of Robert and Henry Rich. He is likely to be best remembered for coauthoring with Patricia, whom he married in 1950, eleven historical novels, the last of which had not yet appeared at the time of his death. They have reached and will continue to reach an audience much larger than any academic one. In his memory, the William Morrow Company has donated a copy of each of the novels he coauthored for them to the Reed College Library.
John Beatty was a man of wide interests and strongly held opinions. He traveled extensively during sabbaticals in the British Isles, the Caribbean, and the United States. He was a bibliophile and a careful purchaser for the UCR Library, which now boasts an impressive collection on seventeenth-century English history. He was an engaging, original, and unforgettable teacher, whom one student described as “a shining light--always fascinating--always stimulating.”
John Beatty was a frank and outspoken person who will be remembered with respect and affection by thousands of former students and hundreds of colleagues. He leaves his wife, Patricia, and a daughter, Alexandra.
E. Ekman, O. A. Johnson, J. W. Olmsted, C. G. Uhr
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Place of burial: Big Sur, Monterey County, California (Source: online family history by Alexandra Beatty, daughter of John Beatty.)
1922-1975
Professor
John Louis Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, January 24, 1922 and died in Riverside, California, March 23, 1975. He attended high school in Portland and then went on to Reed College, where he graduated with a major in economics in 1943. As a young man, before going to college, he had been very interested in becoming a professional baseball player; he had gone to baseball school and was scouted by the Portland Beavers as a pitcher. Throughout his life he maintained an active interest in sports, especially baseball, football, and basketball. When he entered the army in 1943, he spent time in Chicago with the Army Specialized Training Program studying Japanese. He was sent--with military logic--to Europe to serve with the First Army in England, France, and finally Germany. As a staff sergeant he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for serious wounds suffered in battle. He was discharged in December 1945 and took up graduate study in history at Stanford, where he received an M.A. in 1947. He went back to the Northwest to take a Ph.D. in history at the University of Washington with a dissertation on “The Imperium of Napoleon I.” He was a teaching assistant and then acted as an instructor in history at the University of Delaware from 1952 to 1953.
As of July 1, 1953, he was appointed assistant professor of history and humanities at UC, Riverside, and he began his appointment as one of the few, truly original faculty members of the newly established College of Letters and Science, in which actual instruction did not start until February 1954. He laid plans for the original two-year sequence in the humanities, which was designed to be required of all students and which was clearly influenced by his experiences at Stanford and Reed. With a colleague in philosophy, Oliver A. Johnson, he prepared a book of readings, which was published by Prentice-Hall in 1958 as Heritage of Western Civilization. This work has gone through three editions and many printings and is still widely used throughout the country.
John Beatty's teaching career was largely spent in courses on Western civilization and on England. He was especially interested in the seventeenth century, and on this period he published articles in the Scottish Historical Review and the Huntington Library Quarterly as well as other journals. In 1965 he published Warwick and Holland, a biographical study of Robert and Henry Rich. He is likely to be best remembered for coauthoring with Patricia, whom he married in 1950, eleven historical novels, the last of which had not yet appeared at the time of his death. They have reached and will continue to reach an audience much larger than any academic one. In his memory, the William Morrow Company has donated a copy of each of the novels he coauthored for them to the Reed College Library.
John Beatty was a man of wide interests and strongly held opinions. He traveled extensively during sabbaticals in the British Isles, the Caribbean, and the United States. He was a bibliophile and a careful purchaser for the UCR Library, which now boasts an impressive collection on seventeenth-century English history. He was an engaging, original, and unforgettable teacher, whom one student described as “a shining light--always fascinating--always stimulating.”
John Beatty was a frank and outspoken person who will be remembered with respect and affection by thousands of former students and hundreds of colleagues. He leaves his wife, Patricia, and a daughter, Alexandra.
E. Ekman, O. A. Johnson, J. W. Olmsted, C. G. Uhr
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Place of burial: Big Sur, Monterey County, California (Source: online family history by Alexandra Beatty, daughter of John Beatty.)
John Louis Beatty, History: Riverside
1922-1975
Professor
John Louis Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, January 24, 1922 and died in Riverside, California, March 23, 1975. He attended high school in Portland and then went on to Reed College, where he graduated with a major in economics in 1943. As a young man, before going to college, he had been very interested in becoming a professional baseball player; he had gone to baseball school and was scouted by the Portland Beavers as a pitcher. Throughout his life he maintained an active interest in sports, especially baseball, football, and basketball. When he entered the army in 1943, he spent time in Chicago with the Army Specialized Training Program studying Japanese. He was sent--with military logic--to Europe to serve with the First Army in England, France, and finally Germany. As a staff sergeant he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for serious wounds suffered in battle. He was discharged in December 1945 and took up graduate study in history at Stanford, where he received an M.A. in 1947. He went back to the Northwest to take a Ph.D. in history at the University of Washington with a dissertation on “The Imperium of Napoleon I.” He was a teaching assistant and then acted as an instructor in history at the University of Delaware from 1952 to 1953.
As of July 1, 1953, he was appointed assistant professor of history and humanities at UC, Riverside, and he began his appointment as one of the few, truly original faculty members of the newly established College of Letters and Science, in which actual instruction did not start until February 1954. He laid plans for the original two-year sequence in the humanities, which was designed to be required of all students and which was clearly influenced by his experiences at Stanford and Reed. With a colleague in philosophy, Oliver A. Johnson, he prepared a book of readings, which was published by Prentice-Hall in 1958 as Heritage of Western Civilization. This work has gone through three editions and many printings and is still widely used throughout the country.
John Beatty's teaching career was largely spent in courses on Western civilization and on England. He was especially interested in the seventeenth century, and on this period he published articles in the Scottish Historical Review and the Huntington Library Quarterly as well as other journals. In 1965 he published Warwick and Holland, a biographical study of Robert and Henry Rich. He is likely to be best remembered for coauthoring with Patricia, whom he married in 1950, eleven historical novels, the last of which had not yet appeared at the time of his death. They have reached and will continue to reach an audience much larger than any academic one. In his memory, the William Morrow Company has donated a copy of each of the novels he coauthored for them to the Reed College Library.
John Beatty was a man of wide interests and strongly held opinions. He traveled extensively during sabbaticals in the British Isles, the Caribbean, and the United States. He was a bibliophile and a careful purchaser for the UCR Library, which now boasts an impressive collection on seventeenth-century English history. He was an engaging, original, and unforgettable teacher, whom one student described as “a shining light--always fascinating--always stimulating.”
John Beatty was a frank and outspoken person who will be remembered with respect and affection by thousands of former students and hundreds of colleagues. He leaves his wife, Patricia, and a daughter, Alexandra.
E. Ekman, O. A. Johnson, J. W. Olmsted, C. G. Uhr
*************
Place of burial: Big Sur, Monterey County, California (Source: online family history by Alexandra Beatty, daughter of John Beatty.)
1922-1975
Professor
John Louis Beatty was born in Portland, Oregon, January 24, 1922 and died in Riverside, California, March 23, 1975. He attended high school in Portland and then went on to Reed College, where he graduated with a major in economics in 1943. As a young man, before going to college, he had been very interested in becoming a professional baseball player; he had gone to baseball school and was scouted by the Portland Beavers as a pitcher. Throughout his life he maintained an active interest in sports, especially baseball, football, and basketball. When he entered the army in 1943, he spent time in Chicago with the Army Specialized Training Program studying Japanese. He was sent--with military logic--to Europe to serve with the First Army in England, France, and finally Germany. As a staff sergeant he was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action and the Purple Heart for serious wounds suffered in battle. He was discharged in December 1945 and took up graduate study in history at Stanford, where he received an M.A. in 1947. He went back to the Northwest to take a Ph.D. in history at the University of Washington with a dissertation on “The Imperium of Napoleon I.” He was a teaching assistant and then acted as an instructor in history at the University of Delaware from 1952 to 1953.
As of July 1, 1953, he was appointed assistant professor of history and humanities at UC, Riverside, and he began his appointment as one of the few, truly original faculty members of the newly established College of Letters and Science, in which actual instruction did not start until February 1954. He laid plans for the original two-year sequence in the humanities, which was designed to be required of all students and which was clearly influenced by his experiences at Stanford and Reed. With a colleague in philosophy, Oliver A. Johnson, he prepared a book of readings, which was published by Prentice-Hall in 1958 as Heritage of Western Civilization. This work has gone through three editions and many printings and is still widely used throughout the country.
John Beatty's teaching career was largely spent in courses on Western civilization and on England. He was especially interested in the seventeenth century, and on this period he published articles in the Scottish Historical Review and the Huntington Library Quarterly as well as other journals. In 1965 he published Warwick and Holland, a biographical study of Robert and Henry Rich. He is likely to be best remembered for coauthoring with Patricia, whom he married in 1950, eleven historical novels, the last of which had not yet appeared at the time of his death. They have reached and will continue to reach an audience much larger than any academic one. In his memory, the William Morrow Company has donated a copy of each of the novels he coauthored for them to the Reed College Library.
John Beatty was a man of wide interests and strongly held opinions. He traveled extensively during sabbaticals in the British Isles, the Caribbean, and the United States. He was a bibliophile and a careful purchaser for the UCR Library, which now boasts an impressive collection on seventeenth-century English history. He was an engaging, original, and unforgettable teacher, whom one student described as “a shining light--always fascinating--always stimulating.”
John Beatty was a frank and outspoken person who will be remembered with respect and affection by thousands of former students and hundreds of colleagues. He leaves his wife, Patricia, and a daughter, Alexandra.
E. Ekman, O. A. Johnson, J. W. Olmsted, C. G. Uhr
*************
Place of burial: Big Sur, Monterey County, California (Source: online family history by Alexandra Beatty, daughter of John Beatty.)
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