Joseph “Butch” Beard; his sister, Frances “Joni” Peutz (John); his brother-in-law, Robert B. Crookshank; his sisters-in-law, Laura Harker and Robin Hanes (Jeff); and his fur babies ...

If fine art was a fair exchange for long lunches shared during 37 years at the Paddington restaurant Lucio’s then John Olsen and Tim Storrier must have been extremely well fed.

John Amos “Jack” Beard Jr., 90, of Shillington, died January 14, 2016, in the Reading Hospital. His wife, Bernice (Derrick) Beard, died on December 14, 2006. Born in Reading, he was the son of ...

Dr. Beard's research interests include design for manufacturing in two areas. He is investigating the influence of manufacturing variation on the response of planar and three-dimensional mechanisms.