Re: LUCIUS BEEBE: December 9, 1902 – February 4, 1966

Thanks also Larry. Beebe/ Clegg had a hand in my RR (and NG) fixation from an early age also. I can recall many afternoons in the public library with his books. I wonder what happened to his photo collection? I see his correspondence at the California State Museum but not the photos. Enjoyed this excerpt about him from Wikipedia:

During his tenure at boarding school and university, Beebe was known for his numerous pranks. One of his more outrageous stunts included an attempt at festooning J. P. Morgan's yacht Corsair with toilet paper from a chartered airplane. His pranks were not without consequence and he proudly noted that he had the sole distinction of having been expelled from both Harvard and Yale, at the insistence, respectively, of the president and dean of each.[4] Beebe earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard in 1926, only to be expelled during graduate school.

Rod



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