[1] He also won bronze medals in the individual and team modern pentathlon events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

[2][3] Beck graduated from the University of Virginia and Harvard Medical School.

[4] Beck was a practising dentist in San Antonio, Texas, during his professional career.

He was hospitalized in February 2020, due to a head injury from a fall in front of his home.

[6][7] As of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, he was the last athlete from the United States to win an individual medal in men's pentathlon.