E. Margaret Screaton Beebe*
Class of 1997
- Honorary Member
My husband, Kenneth, felt that opportunity still knocks and the children must know it.
Born in 1908, Margaret Beebe was the wife of the Horatio Alger Association's founder, Kenneth Beebe. She was an avid supporter of his early efforts to recognize Americans who were self-made successes.
Following her husband's death in 1970, Beebe remained active on the Horatio Alger Awards Committee to help with the transition to a new president. In 1997, the Horatio Alger Association celebrated its 50th anniversary and voted to make Margaret Beebe an honorary member. She graciously accepted her induction into the organization that had encompassed her husband's life work.