Michael Beahan oral history interview

Michael James Beahan (GR’97) was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, in December 1945. Beahan went to high school on a military base in Kaiserslautern, Germany before enrolling in Pennsylvania State University, where he joined the advanced ROTC program. Upon graduating in 1967, Beahan was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He spent eighteen months at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama before completing six months of intelligence training at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. In 1970, Beahan was assigned to Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon, Vietnam, spending three days before transferring to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand to complete his one year tour. He later secured a position with the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron (ABCCC). Working as an intelligence officer in an airborne command post over the Plain of Jars region, he flew over 95 twelve-hour combat missions over Laos. Following his military service, he pursued a career in media and technology, including 20 years as Director of the Jones Media Center at Dartmouth College. At the time of this interview, Beahan was retired and living in Lyme, New Hampshire.