Architect and partner of Marcel Breuer. Beckhard graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1949 and went on to graduate studies in architecture at Princeton University. He began working for Breuer in 1952, was offered an associateship in 1956 and became a partner in 1964. Beckhard also directed the branch office of Marcel Breuer in Caracas from 1959 to 1960. He worked on numerous projects in the office, including many residential buildings, the Housing and Urban Development Headquarters, the St. Frances de Sales Church, and the Campus Center for the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.