Augustus A. Beekman
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Augustus Anthony Beekman (March 28, 1923 – November 29, 2008) was the 23rd New York City Fire Commissioner.
and grew up in the Catholic-Church-run orphanage, Little Flower Home, in Wading River, New York
. and was appointed the 23rd Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Edward I. Koch on January 17, 1978 and served in that position until his resignation on November 5, 1980. He was the second African-American Fire Commissioner in the history of that position. Beekman died on November 29, 2008. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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He was born on March 28, 1923 at Harlem Hospital in New York CityNew York City
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and grew up in the Catholic-Church-run orphanage, Little Flower Home, in Wading River, New York
Wading River, New York
Wading River is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, USA, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 7,719....
. and was appointed the 23rd Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Edward I. Koch on January 17, 1978 and served in that position until his resignation on November 5, 1980. He was the second African-American Fire Commissioner in the history of that position. Beekman died on November 29, 2008. He is survived by his wife and two children.