Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Beck, Phillips 1878 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 857
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     PHILLIPS BECK, of Portland, who is conducting a large and successful 
insurance business for his company, has gained wide recognition because of his 
energetic and enterprising methods and is regarded as an unusually competent 
and capable business man. He was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1878, 
and is a son of F. Alleyne and Sarah Edwards (Piper) Beck. In 1879 the family 
came to Portland, Oregon, making the journey by way of the isthmus of Panama, 
and there the father became connected with Allen & Lewis, and later was a 
partner with Henry Hewett in the insurance business. Subsequently he moved to 
Seattle, Washington, where he had charge of the marine department of Alexander 
& Baldwin, Ltd., and his death occurred there in 1924. His wife died in 
Massachusetts in 1901.

     Phillips Beck attended the public schools and graduated from Bishop Scott 
Academy in Portland, and in 1895 he entered the employ of Henry Hewett & 
Company, of which concern he became treasurer. On August 15, 1917, the 
California Insurance Company, sellers of fire and automobile insurance, made 
him special agent for Oregon and he is still holding that position. He has 
devoted his attention closely to his work and now has over one hundred 
agencies in Oregon and Idaho. For thirteen years Mr. Beck also served as agent 
for Margaret Burrell Biddle, managing her extensive property interests in 
Portland.

     On June 1, 1914, Mr. Beck was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina K. 
Hofmann, of Portland, and they are the parents of a son, Frederick, who is now 
twelve years old. Mr. Beck is a stanch supporter of the republican party and 
is a life member of the Multnomah Athletic Club. His well directed efforts 
have gained for him a merited prominence in the business circles of Portland 
and all who know him entertain for him the highest feeling of respect, for he 
has shown himself a man among men and well worthy of their esteem.

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