Beck

Johannes Beck SJ ‑ a German Jesuit and social ethicist – contracted Covid-19 and died due its complications on 9 May 2020. Beck joined the Jesuit order in 1948. After the theological training he received, on July 31, 1956 he was ordained at the St. Michael's Church in Munich. He was particularly involved in the worker and company pastoral care and campaigned for social justice and Catholic social teaching, in particular for the principle of solidarity in large industrial companies. Among other things, he served for many decades as a spiritual advisor to the Catholic Workers' Movement (KAB). As the successor to Franz Prinz SJ, he headed the Werkgemeinschaft christischer Arbeiter in Munich. From 1979 to 1991, Beck was director of the "Social Seminar" at M&...

Robert Lee Beck ‑ an American modern pentathlete and fencer who won three gold medals in these disciplines at the Pan American Games in 1963-1971 – died of coronavirus on April 2, 2020. He also won bronze medals in the individual and team modern pentathlon events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was less successful at the 1968 Games, placing 22nd individually and fourth with the American team. Beck was a practising dentist in San Antonio, Texas, during his professional career. He was hospitalised in February 2020, due to a head injury from a fall in front of his home. He died at age 83 on April 2, 2020, after contracting COVID19 while in the hospital. As of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, he was the last athlete from the United States to ...

Tag: Beck

Robert Beck, pentathlete