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In Memory of David Beaubien

David J. Beaubien, Retired Executive
1934 – 2007

Yankee Co-Founder,  David J. Beaubien, 72, died on April 20, 2007, at the Fisher Home Hospice, Amherst, MA, following a long illness.  He was born September 20, 1934 in Montague, MA, the son of the late Arthur Beaubien and Helen (Moreau) Beaubien.  He attended local schools in Millers Falls and graduated from Turners Falls High School as President of his Class of 1952.  He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1957 with a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and a faculty position as an Instructor in that field.  He formed Cambridge Systems, Inc. in 1959, a manufacturer of meteorological instruments now used throughout the world.  His professional papers in the field of instrumentation are widely published in scientific journals. Joining EG&G, Inc. in 1967, he directed that company’s mergers and acquisition program, retiring in 1990 as senior vice president after 23 years of service.  Following retirement from EG&G, he founded Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., with his two sons in Turners Falls, MA, serving as Chairman of the Board.  He served as a Trustee of the University of Massachusetts during the 1970s.  He was then appointed to the Board of Regents of Public Higher Education by Governor Edward King, and served as its Chairman during the administration of Governor Michael Dukakis.  He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the University and is the founder of the David J. Beaubien Engineering Scholarship Endowment.  He was  a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has served as a director of many public and private companies. He served the mutual fund boards of such prestigious Wall Street firms as Kidder Peabody, Paine Webber, and most recently retired from the Board of Directors of UBS Asset Management after 25 years of service to the mutual fund industry. In recent years, he lived several years in West Brookfield, MA and then moved to Ware, MA in 1998, where he and his wife have resided for the past eight years.  He leaves his wife Pamela, his son Arthur of Montague, MA, his daughter Patricia Dichter and her husband Bronek, of Sudbury, MA, his son Mark and his wife Wendy of Montague, MA, and their mother Mary Ann (Robert) Beaubien of Montague, his stepchildren John Holbrook and wife Michelle of Cary, NC, and Todd Holbrook and wife Elizabeth of Winston-Salem, NC, and nine beloved grandchildren, his sister Rosalie of Greenfield, and many dear nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by his brother, Dr. Richard Beaubien, sisters Patricia and Alice, all of Millers Falls, and his sister Helen of Danvers/Peabody, MA.

A funeral mass will be held 11AM on Saturday, April 28, at Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church (formerly St. Mary’s), 90 7th Street, Turners Falls, MA.  Following the service, friends and family are invited to gather for refreshment and remembrance.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to the Mayo Clinic, Liver Transplant Center, Joe Adams Building, 4205 Belfort Road, Suite 1100, Jacksonville, FL 32216, or to the David J. Beaubien Engineering Scholarship Endowment, c/o Michael Chernoff, Department of Engineering, Development Office, Marston Building, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.