U.S. Navy Lt. James Eric Beaty, a Magnolia native, received his master’s degree at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., on Dec. 18. His next assignment is with the Office of Naval Intelligence in Suitland, Md.
Beaty, who earned his Eagle Scout as a member of Queen Anne’s Boy Scouts Troop 72, is a graduate of Garfield High School and the U.S. Naval Academy.
His parents are Magnolia residents Jim Beaty and Linda Carlson.