Maj. Gen. Roger K. Bean (US Army, retired) was born on July 17, 1940 in Yakima, Washington to the late Art and Hazel Bean. He passed away on June 13, 2009 in Tomah, Wis. after a 30-year battle with Parkinson's disease. He graduated from Cheney High School, class of 1958. Commissioned through ROTC, he graduated from Eastern Washington State College in 1962 and went on to earn his Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Alabama. He later graduated from the Air War College. Gen. Bean's distinguished 32-year Army career included multiple duty stations throughout the U.S.,...
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