Phelan Beale, Jr.
Phelan Beale, Jr. | |
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Born | Phelan Beale, Jr. June 16, 1920 New York City, New York |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Resting place | Forest Park Cemetery East, Houston, Texas |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Phe |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Occupation | journalist, author, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission employee |
Spouse(s) | Rosella Ramsey |
Children | Michelle Beale |
Parent(s) | Phelan Beale, Sr. Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale |
Relatives | brother of Edith Bouvier Beale and Bouvier Beale first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill |
Phelan Beale, Jr. (16 June 1920 – 26 June 1993)[1][2] was an American journalist and unemployment compensation law expert.[1] Beale was a son of Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale and a brother of Edith Bouvier Beale whose lives were highlighted in the documentary Grey Gardens. Beale was a first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill.
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Early life and education
Beale was born on 16 June 1920 in New York City, New York.[1][2] He was the middle child of Phelan Beale, Sr. and his wife Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (known as "Big Edie").[1][2] Beale grew up at Grey Gardens at 3 West End Road in the wealthy Georgica Pond neighborhood in East Hampton on Long Island.[1] Beale was known as "Phe" to his friends and family.[2]
Beale was educated at the Westminster School for Boys in Simsbury, Connecticut.[1] He then attended Columbia University where he studied journalism.[1][2]
U.S. Army service
During World War II, Beale was drafted into the United States Army in 1942 and was sent to Camp Gruber near Braggs, Oklahoma.[1][2] He served in the Pacific Theater of Operations, participating in the battles of Saipan and Okinawa.[1][2] Beale was wounded in action and received two bronze battle stars and a Purple Heart for his service.[1][2]
Marriage and children
Beale married Rosella Ramsey on 26 December 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1][2][3] He and Rosella met at a United Service Organizations dance in Tulsa in 1942 and eloped two weeks later.[3] Beale and his wife had one daughter, Michelle Beale.[1][2][3]
Public service career
Beale was employed with the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission in Tulsa and Oklahoma City for 30 years.[1][2] Following his retirement from the commission, Beale consulted on unemployment compensation law.[1][2]
Writing career
Beale was well known as an accomplished speaker and writer.[1][2] He delivered speeches to numerous organizations on a variety of subjects and wrote magazine and newspaper articles.[1][2] Throughout his writing career, Beale won hundreds of writing contests.[1][2] He later appeared in television commercials for MCI Communications.[1][2]
Pastimes
Beale was an American Kennel Club-licensed dog judge and toured the United States judging obedience trials.[1] Beale enjoyed fishing in Galveston, Texas.[1][2]
Grey Gardens
In 1971, Beale authored "The Maysley Brothers — is that their name?," an article that appeared in The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin.[2] In the article, Beale deplores the attention accorded his mother and sister at that time: "Such heartbreak and degradation…not the best publicity in the world for the family."[2] Beale noted that he would see Grey Gardens "out of curiosity."[2] Beale's younger brother Bouvier Beale sent him the documentary's reviews which Beale expressed made him decidedly unhappy about "those two people (who) made the movie."[2] In the article, Beale reminisced "the entertainment, the parties" at the Grey Gardens estate and his sister's coming out party at the Ritz-Carlton in New York City.[2] He referred to all these activities as "all that Great Gatsby stuff."[2] Beale wrote that his father refused his mother alimony and that there was a trust fund but that "trying to keep up that white elephant Grey Gardens is what ruined it."[2]
References
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