GUS WILLARD VAN BEEK (Age 90)
Curator of Old World Archaeology in the
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution.
Died on Monday, August 20, 2012. His previous marriages to Dorothy Bystrom and to Alice Colyn Warren ended in divorce. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Ora Van Beek of Pittsburgh, PA; three sons from his second marriage, John and Stephen of Fairfax Station, VA and Christopher of Lorton Station, VA; six grandchildren; and three stepchildren, Amir, Daniel, and Timna Pilch. Funeral Service at The Village at Rockville Chapel, 9701 Veirs Drive, Rockville, MD, on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 12:30 p.m. with Interment to follow at Parklawn Memorial Park, Rockville, MD. Contributions in his memory may be made to Johns Hopkins University, Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Office of External Affairs, Attn: Dan Luperchio, 3400 N. Charles St., Wyman Building, Suite 500W, Baltimore, MD 21218. Please make note that the gift should be designated to the William Foxwell Albright Chair in Memory of Gus Van Beek. Or online krieger.jhu.edu/giving and write “Albright Chair in Memory of Gus Van Beek” as the designation or by phone, call Krieger School Office of External Affairs at 410-516-8722.
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