John Beekman papers
RG.04.01.24
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John Beekman papers RG.04.01.24
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History......................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
Series 1: Administrative records and personal materials........................................................................ 6
Series 2: Correspondence........................................................................................................................ 7
Series 3: Research materials and publications........................................................................................ 7
Series 4: Monographs and journals.........................................................................................................8
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Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
John Beekman papers
Date
1963-2007
Extent
1.5 Cubic feet 5 Boxes
Language
English
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
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Preferred Citation
John Beekman papers, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Biographical Note / Historical Note / Administrative History
John Beekman is currently the Lincoln National Corporation Distinguished Professor of Actuarial Science
Emeritus within the department of Mathematical Sciences. Professor Beekman began working at Ball
State in 1963 as an assistant professor of Mathematics. Prior to working for Ball State he had served as a
professor and instructor with the University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa.
Much of Professor Beekman's work has been involved in stochastic processes and actuarial science which
applies mathematics and statistics to risk assesment in insurance and financial sectors. In addition to his
work in academia, he has also performed consulting work with Dow Chemical Company's Pharaceutical
Division and Lincoln National Life Insurance Company as well as many other professional organizations.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative records, correspondence, research materials and published articles,
as well as monographs and journals from Professor Beekman's time working with Ball State University as
a professor of mathematics and actuarial science ranging from 1963-2007.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Administrative records and personal materials
Series 2: Correspondence
Series 3: Research materials and publications
Series 4: Monographs and journals
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
• Beekman, John
Subject(s)
• Ball State University--Faculty
• Education
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Series 1: Administrative records and personal materials
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Administrative records and personal materials
Announcements of presentations, 1981-2000
Annual reports prepared for the Chairman of Mathematical Sciences,
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Ball State University grants records, 1963-1964
Harvard actuarial conference records, 1973
Honors and awards newsclippings, 1975-1997
Letters of recommendation, 1990-1993 Feb.
National Science Foundation research proposal documents, 1965-1974
NATO Conference - Belgium records, 1983/07
New York Annual Meeting of the Actuarial Society records, 1989
Photographs with students, 1989-1995
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Series 2: Correspondence
Sigma Xi lecture notes, Applications of the Stochastic Process,
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1993/04/15
Talk and lecture notes, 1966/12/6
Vita of John Beekman, 1997/07
"Thoughts and Pictures" photo album and journal volume 1, 1999 Feb.
"Thoughts and Pictures" photo album and journal volume 2, 2001 Jan.
Series 2: Correspondence
Correspondence, 1963-1967
Correspondence, 1968-1969
Correspondence, 1971-1973
Correspondence, 1980-1993
Series 3: Research materials and publications
'An Alternative Premium Calculation Method for Certain Long-Term Care
Coverages' Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1990
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Series 4: Monographs and journals
Articles on actuarial science at Ball State, 1989-2006
Publications - Journal articles - Refereed, part one 1965-1976
Publications - Journal articles - Refereed, part two 1977-1997
Publications - Journal articles - Non Refereed, 1970-1995
'The Relationship Between the Supplemental Security Income and the
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Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Programs During the 1990's'
paper presented at Actuarial Research Conference, 2000/08/12
Research proposal documents on stochastic processes, 1964
Research correspondence, 1964-1970
Research correspondence, 1986-1989
Research correspondence with Elias Shiu, 1987-1988
Sabbatical documents - 1969-1970, 1981 Fall, 1989 Fall
Scandinavian Actuarial Journal articles, 1973
Series 4: Monographs and journals
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Series 4: Monographs and journals
Solution to generalized Schroedinger equations via Feynman integrals connected with
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Gaussian Markov stochastic processes, 1963 (thesis)
Wisconsin Actuarial Conference, October 21-23, 1971, “Applications of Moments for the
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Collective Stochastic Process”
Proceedings 13th Annual Actuarial Research Conference, Life Contingency Mathematics
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New Methods and Applications, 1978, Actuarial Research Conference, from The Actuary,
1978 Nov.
Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1980.2 Issue, “Problems in and a Syllabus for
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Demography”
Premium Calculation in Insurance, 1983, “Risk convolution calculations II” and
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“Population and social security projections for Bangladesh”
“Contributions to the History of Ball State University,” 2004
“The relationship between supplemental security income and the old age, survivors and
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disability insurance programs during the 1990s” by John A. Beekman and Eli N. Donkar
Problems Books in Mathematics, Demography Through Problems, 1984 (contributor)
Actuarial Mathematics, Vol. 35, Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics,
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“Actuarial Assumptions and Models for Social Security Projections, 1986
Advances in the Statistical Sciences, Volume VI, Actuarial Science, “Ornstein-Uhlenbeck
Stochastic Processes Applied to Immunization”, 1987
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Series 4: Monographs and journals
Actuarial Projections for the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program of
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Social Security in the United State of America, 1987
Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1991.2 "Projections of Active Life Expectancies"
Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1997.1 Proceedings 31st Actuarial Research
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Conference, in honor of John Beekman, “An Old Age Social Security Program for
Bangladesh”
Insurance mathematics and Economics, Vol. 21, No. 2, 15 Nov. 1997, Special Issue in
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Honor of prof. J.A. Beekman
North American Actuarial Journal, Vol. 5, No. 4, “The Relationship Between the
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Supplemental Security Income and the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance
during the 1990s”, Oct. 2001
Actuarial Research Clearing House, issues: 1988.2, 1990.2, 1995.2, 1996.1
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ed. P.M. Kahn
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by John A. Beekman
Festschrift in honor of George and Frances Ball Distinguisged Professor of Statistics, Mir
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Masoom Ali on the occasion of his retirement, May 18-19, 2007, includes article by John
Beekman.
Focusing on Short-term Achievement Gains Fail to Produce Long-term Gains, 2014
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Series 4: Monographs and journals
Encyclopedia of Actuarial Science, v.1 A-D, ed. Jozef L. Teugels, 'Beekman's Convlution
Formula' (p. 167-169) and 'Ruin Theory' (p.1530-1533), Wiley, 2004
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