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DCA Food Industries, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets application of food coatings, fruit flavors and bakery ingredients for food processing, and food service industries. The company is based in the United States. As on January 3, 1995, DCA Food Industries, Inc. operates as subsidiary of Kerry, Inc. Most of Beskind's career was at DCA Food Industries, where he retired as Financial Vice President and Director of the company. He then served as Chairman, Executive Committee, Eastern Life Insurance Company (now US Life Insurance) and as Director of the Concord Fund.

The New York Times on Feb. 15, 2015 D. HERBERT BESKIND - Obituary Beloved father of Ellen (Peter) Safir of Washington DC, Susan (Michael) Lelyveld, of Lexington, MA and Joanne Elkin of New York, died February 9, in Washington, DC, where he resided for the last 24 years. Herb, the son of Rose and Morris Beskind, was born July 18, 1915 in Brooklyn. He attended PS 193 and graduated from James Madison High School. He attended Dartmouth College, from which he received an A.B. in 1936, continuing on at the Tuck School. He received his M.S. in Business Administration from Columbia University in 1938. Most of his career was at DCA Food Industries, where he retired as Financial Vice President and Director of the company. He then served as Chairman, Executive Committee, Eastern Life Insurance Company (now US Life Insurance) and as Director of the Concord Fund. Herb was Chairman of Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, NY. He served on the Board of the Jewish Family Service of New York, and on the Board of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. He was a former member and governor of the Harmonie Club. His great interests were Asian and contemporary art, music, bridge, horticulture, opera, ballet, and fly fishing. He created a teaching collection of Chinese art and a Japanese garden for the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. His daughters fondly remember him tending to the beautiful Japanese influenced gardens he created at their home in Scarsdale. Herb was married to Dorothy Levitt, and to Serena Martin- Trigona. Both marriages ended in divorce. In addition to his daughters, Herb is survived by grandsons Archie (Sarah) and Roland (Alicia) Smart, Jesse Safir (Alexandra), and Victor Lelyveld, granddaughter Kate Elkin, and three great-grandchildren. He was devoted to his daughters; he was proud of their accomplishments and independence and cherished his relationships with them. He was a great Dad. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=d-herbert-beskind&pid=174156088

Washington Post from Feb. 12 to Feb. 15, 2015 D. HERBERT BESKIND BESKIND D. HERBERT BESKIND Beloved father of Ellen (Peter) Safir of Washington DC, Susan (Michael) Lelyveld, of Lexington, MA and Joanne Elkin of New York. Died February 9, 2015 in Washington DC, where he resided for the last 24 years. Herb, the son of Rose and Morris Beskind, was born July 18, 1915 in Brooklyn. He attended PS 193 and graduated from James Madison High School. He attended Dartmouth College, from which he received an A.B. in 1936, continuing on at the Tuck School to take business courses. He received his M.S. in Business Administration from Columbia University in 1938. During World War II he served as a Lieutenant in the Maritime Services War Shipping Administration Training Organization, and was posted to New London, CT. He was honorably discharged, in September, 1945, and resumed his career at the Doughnut Corporation of America, which he joined in May, 1939, rising to Financial Vice President and Director of the company, then known as DCA Food Industries, a diversified food processor. He was a Member of the Chicago Board of Trade. He served as Chairman, Executive Committee of Eastern Life Insurance Company (now US Life Insurance) and as Director of the Concord Fund. Herb's community activities included service as Chairman of Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, NY, a leading psychiatric treatment, training and research center, now part of North Shore Hospital. He served on the Board of the Jewish Family Service of New York, and on the Board of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York. He was a former member and governor of the Harmonie Club, and a former member of the Beach Point Club. His great interests were Asian and contemporary art, music, bridge, horticulture, ballet, and fly fishing. He created a teaching collection of Chinese art and a Japanese garden for the Hood Museum of Art at his beloved alma mater, Dartmouth College. As a member in perpetuity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he made numerous donations of Asian art. He was an avid bridge player, especially in his later years, enjoying the company of a close circle of friends in Washington, DC. Fly fishing the lakes of Westchester and, in his 80's the rivers of Wyoming, were a great delight. His daughters fondly remember him tending to the beautiful Japanese influenced gardens he created at their home in Scarsdale, where the family lived from 1945 until 1962. Herb was married to Dorothy Levitt, and to Serena Martin Trigona. Both marriages ended in divorce. In addition to his daughters, Herb is survived by grandsons Archie (Sarah) and Roland (Alicia) Smart, Jesse Safir (Alexandra), and Victor Lelyveld, granddaughter Kate Elkin, and great grandchildren Jack Smart, Gwendolyn Smart and Grant Smart. He was devoted to his daughters; he was proud of their accomplishments and independence and cherished his relationships with them. He was a great Dad. A memorial service and celebration of his life was held on Friday, February 13, 2015 at Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington, DC. A memorial service and celebration of his life was held on Friday, February 13, 2015 at Washington Hebrew Congregation in Washington, DC. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=d-herbert-beskind&pid=174123940