- Date Of Birth: October 29, 1927
- Date Of Death: January 9, 2022
- State: Maryland
Benjamin Everett Beavin, Jr., 94 of Linthicum Heights, passed away on January 9, 2022, after a long illness that began with a fall in 2019. Mr. Beavin was born on October 29, 1927, in Baltimore City to the late Benjamin E. and Eleanor (nee Cromwell) Beavin, Sr.
Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 62 years, Corrine W. Beavin and his daughter, Eleanor B. Hoyt. He is survived by his daughter, Marcia B. Bennett and her husband, David; his son Benjamin E. Beavin, III; as well as his grandchildren, Lindsay Rae Ledebur and Jenna Corrine Bennett and two great-grandchildren.
A lifelong civil and environmental engineer, “Ben” worked as a project engineer and project manager at the Beavin Company since its founding in 1955 by his father, Benjamin Everett Beavin, Sr. He became senior partner in 1972. A 1950 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate, Ben retired from the Company in 1997.
In addition to being a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he held many memberships in engineering organizations and related societies. Additionally, he was a past president of the Baltimore Association of Members of the American Society of Civil Engineers from 1981 to 1982.
Community and family life were very important to Ben. He worshiped at St. John Lutheran Church, participated in the local Elementary School PTA and was a member of the Anne Arundel Historical Society.