February 20, 2004

Alex Beauchamp 

Alex Beauchamp, the only member of the New York Guild to have received its Lifetime Achievement Award, died at the age of 69, February 11, after a heroic 10-year battle with cancer. 

            During decades of activism, Alex had been Chairperson of the Representative Assembly, a member of our Executive Committee, and the Unit Chair at Consumers Union, where he continually served on the shop’s Contract Negotiating Committee. 

            In 2000, he temporarily joined the staff of the Local as an Organizer, playing a major role in the bitter but successful fight that enrolled the Hudson News unit in the New York Guild. 

            Alex asked that people make contributions in his memory to the American Cancer Society by calling 1-800-227-2345, and restricting their contributions to prostate cancer research. 

            Please ask the Society to send an acknowledgement of your gift to Alex’s widow, Mrs. Kathy-Hardy Beauchamp, 36 Rockledge Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10550. 

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