What is Steven C. Beering?
[[File:Steven C. Beering C40112 (1).jpg|thumb|200px|Beering in 1987]] '''Steven Claus Beering''' (August 20, 1932 – April 6, 2020) was a [[Germans|German]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[physician]] and academic. He most notably served as the president of [[Purdue University]] from 1983 to 2000. During his leadership, Purdue's main campus in [[West Lafayette, Indiana]] grew by more than 20 buildings. Beering was born in [[Berlin]]. He spent his early years in [[Hamburg]]. He moved from Germany to the United States in 1948. He died on April 6, 2020, at the age of 87.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-president-emeritus-steven-beering-remembered.html|title=Purdue President Emeritus Steven Beering remembered|publisher=[[Purdue University]]|date=April 6, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2020|location=[[West Lafayette, Indiana]]|archive-date=May 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521123713/https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-president-emeritus-steven-beering-remembered.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Beering, Steven C.}} [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:Purdue University faculty]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:People from Berlin]] [[Category:People from Hamburg]] {{US-bio-stub}}