USAFA Class Heritage Class of 1963

Retired Col Air Force 93: 

97: Owner&Pres (President) Consulting AEBeauchemin;

86-93: Cmdr (Commander) 652CivEngSq McC/ellanAFB;

84-86: Cmdr (Commander) 44CivEngSq EllsworthAFB;

82-84: C MgtDiv AFESC Tyndal/AFB (Air Force Base);

80-82: SqCmdr 36CivEngSq BitburgABGW;

78-80: SuNivabilitylnitiativesStaffO/DivC HqUSAFE;

77-78: CEngr Constr&Environmenta/Planning 51CivEngSq OsanABSK;

75: lnsp AF (Air Force)/SC NortonAFB;

74-75: ArmedForcesSC;

71-74: BCE 6214ABGp TaihanABTW;

68: SOS (Squadron Officer School);

67-71: lnstrCivEng AFIT (Air Force Institute of Technology) WPAFB;

66-67: Dep BCE 56CivEngSq NakhonPhanomABTH;

65-66: UnivMO-MSIE;

63-65: SecO/C 551CivEngSq OtisAFB; 

1LOM (Legion of Merit)-4MSM (Meritorious Service Medal)-2AFCM (Air Force Commendation Medal)

 

(from legacy.com obituary)

Alfred Edgar Beauchemin III was born in 1939 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, and grew up in Wareham, Massachusetts, the son of Alfred Edgar Beauchemin Jr. and Yvonne Virginia Ricker Beauchemin.

Fred graduated from the Air Force Academy and went on to earn a master's degree in industrial engineering. Over a career in Air Force uniform, he became known for his visionary leadership in the field of military engineering, commanding the 652nd Civil Engineering Squadron at McClellan Air Force Base from 1986 to 1993, with additional postings including Thailand, South Korea, and Germany. His decorations included the Legion of Merit, four Meritorious Service Medals, and two Air Force Commendation Medals, and he was recognized by his peers with the Newman Medal as the most outstanding military engineer worldwide. He retired as a Colonel in 1993.

Following his military retirement, Fred founded an engineering consulting firm with international and U.S. operations, and went on to extended work with disaster relief programs including the Red Cross and FEMA. He returned to Lynn Haven, Florida in 1997, where he served on the Bay County Planning Commission and was an active environmental advocate in every community where he lived.

Fred married Georgia Gettman Beauchemin. They had two children, Cyrette Beauchemin Smith (married to Christopher) and Gage Beauchemin (married to Brooke). He was predeceased by his sister, Sally Beauchemin, and is remembered by siblings Anne Beauchemin St Germaine and Michael Beauchemin.

An avid outdoorsman, Fred loved sailing, flying, photography, fly fishing, deep-powder skiing, and scuba diving, alongside his devotion to his wife and children.

Alfred Edgar Beauchemin III died July 11, 2021, in Panama City, Florida, at the age of 81.

35th Reunion (1998): Fred Beauchemin was born and raised near Cape Cod, Massachusetts and graduated from Wareham High School, summa cum average, where he ran track and played football on an undefeated team. He attended Bates College in Lewiston, Maine until, by some fluke of bureaucracy, he was selected to attend the USAF Academy where he majored in soccer, international affairs and OTF {Ed: Over The Fence}. Upon graduating, he was lured into marriage by the former Georgia Gettman of Denver. They are still married and have two children: daughter, Cyrette, and son, Gage, both of whom are married and live in Sacramento(no current plans for grandchildren). Fred enjoyed 30 successful years in the Air Force Civil Engineering career field, retiring in 1993 as a Colonel. He and his command garnered the top individual and team honors awarded in that career field. His assignments included: AFIT, WPAFB, OH (student); Otis AFB, MA; University of Missouri (MSIE); Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand; AFIT, WPAFB, OH (instructor/course director); Tainan AB, Taiwan; Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA; AFISC Inspector General, Norton AFB, CA; Osan AB, Korea; Ramstein AB, Germany; Bitburg AB, Germany; AF Engineering and Services Center, Tyndall AFB, FL; Ellsworth AFB, SD; and Mc Clellan AFB, CA. His education included: BS, MS, SOS, AFSC, ICAF, AWC, and HWM. Decorations included: LOM, AFMSM, AFCM, and the Nino Baldachi Leadership Medallion. Following retirement in 1993, Fred and Georgia spent a year traveling before he resumed his second career in facility management consulting as a principal in Comprehensive Facility Management, Inc., a company he and some friends founded in 1989. In that capacity he has advised two dozen domestic and international clients on various facility related matters. He specializes in asset management including: facility audits, Facility engineering, computerized asset and maintenance management systems, privatization/outsourcing, and training. Fred’s hobbies include sailing, golfing, walking, reading and helping Georgia remodel homes (when she is not working as a Red Cross Disaster Response Officer). Georgia’s other hobbies include traveling, shopping and avoiding both sailing and golf. They make their home wherever they happen to be, so take your pick: Permanent residence: 705 Beachcomber Drive, Lynn Haven, FL 32444; Current location: #2 Lorong 5/19A, 460000 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; Business Address: PO Box 22570, Sacramento, CA 95822; Internet E-Mail: Fred—Cfimfred@aol.com: Georgia— Gpeach4321@aol.com; Easy Reach Phone: 1-500-442-3663 (programmable); Other phones: F1(850)265-0189; Malaysia 01 1-603-756- 6108; Business Phone: (916)927-0500 or (800)398-0510; Business E- Mail: cfmcorp@ibm.net.