[1] His books include Primary Care in a Specialized World[2] and Geriatrics in the United States: Manpower Projections and Training Considerations.
[4][5] Born in Audubon, Iowa in 1924, John C. Beck received his BSc (1944), MSc (1947), Diploma in Medicine (1951), and MDCM (1952) degrees at McGill University.
This working group, during that year, produced projections for the workforce needs for the US in anticipation of the country's aging population.
In 1982 he received Special Recognition for contributions to National Board of Medical Examiners, and in 1987 he became a Master of the American College of Physicians.
His more recent honors include the Ignatius Nascher Award of the City of Vienna for the paper "Determinants of future hospital admissions and physician visits in community dwelling older persons in Europe" in 2006.