John Beckett

Mr. Beckett is Chairman of R. W. Beckett Corporation and a founding board member of The King’s College in New York City.   He also serves as director of Graphic Packaging Corporation, a NYSE-listed manufacturing company.

John grew up in Elyria, Ohio. He graduated from M.I.T. in 1960, after which he worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry. In 1963 he joined his father’s small manufacturing business, and became president in 1965 upon the death of his father.  The company has grown to become a worldwide leader in producing engineered components for residential and commercial heating.  The company, with its affiliates, employs some 650 employees.

His first book, Loving Monday: Succeeding in Business Without Selling Your Soul, was published in 1998, and is now available in fourteen languages. His second book, Mastering Monday: A Practical Guide to Integrating Faith and Work, was released in July 2006. (Details on both books are available at www.masteringmonday.com.)

Mr. Beckett received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Spring Arbor University in 2002, and was named manufacturing "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young in 2003.  He also serves on the board of Campus Crusade for Christ, International.

He resides in Elyria, Ohio with his wife, Wendy, to whom he has been married 45 years. They are the parents of six children and eleven grandchildren.