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Scouting Pioneer
·Dies At·Age Of 75

Jacqu s A. Beauchamp

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Jacques A. Beauchamp, 75,
believed to be the first na- I
tional black executive of the
Boy Scouts of America and a I
pioneer in scouting for black I
youths in Memphis, died at I
6: 10 a.m. yesterday at his I
home at 20 South Parkway I
East. Mr. Beauchamp was I
director &lt;Jf the old Seminole I
division of the Chickasaw I
Council, t h P. M e m p h i s
I
organization for black scout!
ing, until his retiren'Pnt in I j
December, 1960. His career J I
in Boy'Scout WO{kjpf~).l \ l
33 years.
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Memph\s s c o u t leaders I
said Mr. j3eauchamp began I
his career in Boy Scout
headquarters in N' w Jersey I
and traveled throughout the I
South, performing public re- I
1 a t i o n s and organization I
functi-0ns.
Mr. Beauchamp also had
served on the board of ditectors .of the Urban League
and had been active in the
Autress Russell American
Legion Post. He had headed
fund-raising drives for Le·
Mayne College before it became LeMoyne-Owen College.
R. S. Lewis &amp; Sons Funeral Home has charge.
Mr. Beauchamp leaves his
wife, Mrs. Alpha Joe Beauchamp.

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