Biography

**Herman Carey Beyle** (20th April 1892 in Borden, Indiana – 15th June 1956 at his summer home in North Eastham, Massachusetts, due to a heart attack*)

## Family ##

- father: *John Lewis Beyle*
- mother: *Martha Eleanor West Beyle*
- wife (1): *Madelon Beyle* (married on 20th July 1929; before: *Madelon McCulloch*)
- sons (2): [*Thad Lewis Beyle*][1] (Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign/UIUC, 1963); [*Noel Woodard Beyle*][2] (A.B. = B.A., SU)

## Education ##

- 1912: A.B. (= B.A.), Central College, Pella, Iowa
- 1916: A.M. (= M.A.), University of Chicago
- 1926: Ph.D., University of Chicago

## Academic career ##

- Beyle taught Political Science at the following institutions:
- 1916–1917: Fargo College
- Spring 1919: Oberlin College
- 1919–1921: Denison University
- 1921–1924: DePauw University
- 1926–1927: (The) University of Chicago
- 1927–1928: (The) University of Minnesota
- 1928–1956: Professor of Political Science, School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (SU)

*Sources:*

- Donald Eugene Thompson, Richard Elwell Banta: *Indiana Authors and their Books, 1917–1966.* Vol. 1 of: *Indiana Authors and their Books.* Wabash College, Crawfordsville (IN) 1974. 688 pp.
- Syracuse University (SU) Archives:
- **University’s announcement of the death of Herman C. Beyle,* SU Archives(’) clipping(s) file on Dr. Herman C. Beyle (according to: Mary O’Brien [Reference Archivist])
- [H. C. Beyle’s material/estate, holdings of Syracuse University Archives][3] (“The entry for Herman C. Beyle [1956–1957] would not be a different person; the 1957 date would reflect the last date of material from him or his estate.”)

[1]: http://www.openlibrary.org/authors/OL1643503A/Thad_Lewis_Beyle
[2]: http://www.openlibrary.org/authors/OL2928637A/Noel_Woodard_Beyle
[3]: http://archives.syr.edu/