Buck Beasom

Buck Beasom teaches courses for OLLI chapters across the country. He has a two-track career that includes four decades in data management and applications development while he also taught courses in business, accounting, and economics. He also spent five years teaching history at the middle and high school levels. He holds a BS in Management Science, with additional majors in History and Economics, and an MBA in Accounting.

100 D-Days: The War Against the Rising Sun (Fall Term 2023)

Participant Testimonials:

Buck is a highly skilled presenter, moving with detail over a complex subject while accommodating and respecting questions.

Participants were encouraged to ask questions as they occurred to them which engaged the audience and kept up the pace of this highly responsive presentation. 

The War in the Skies: Europe 1939-1945 (Winter Term 2023)

Participant Testimonials:

What a great class! The visuals are excellent. Buck does a superb job providing informative facts and answering questions. 

Excellent description of history, tech, battle strategy and tactics.

He was more than prepared. The couple of times he did not have a quick answer, he researched it and responded next class.