Paul Beem:  

Life Hi! My name is Paul Beem and I attended OLCH from '54 - '58, where I played basketball, ran track and sang in the choir. After HS, I went two years at the University of Chicago and then followed my folks out west, and finished up a B.S and M.S. at Stanford University, majoring in math and physics. I taught HS math in San Francisco and lived the hippie life for while. I met my first wife, Donna, while singing in the SF Chorale Society. My first son, Matt, was born in SF. Then I returned to graduate school and did a Ph.D. in mathematics (Algebraic Topology) at UVA, in Charlottesville. My second son, David, was born there. After a 2-year postdoctoral instructorship at Univ. of Pennsylvania (in Philadelphia), I settled down in South Bend, IN, where I taught math and did research for 29 years at Indiana University South Bend. After my divorce from Donna, I married Sylvia...Expand for more