1949 - Honorable Mention - All-State

1950 First Team by Wheaton Daily Journal, team MVP, First Team in Little Seven Conferene

A 1951 Dundee High School Graduate. Three-sport athlete slowed his junior year by polio. Rebounded In 1950-51 to set school and conference single-season scoring records and earn All-State recognition in basketball. Served in the United States Marine Corps from 1952-54. While serving, he played on the USMC basketball teams and baseball teams.

He was a resident of the Dundee and Elgin area all of his life. He was employed by Ludwig Dairy for 30 years and then Bedard & Morency as a cabinet maker, and then part time at First United Methodist Church as a janitor for 10 years and Laird Funeral Home, Elgin as a driver and funeral assistant for 10 years.

He was inducted in the Dundee-Crown Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Illinois Basketball Coach's Association Hall of Fame in 2013. His interests were spending time with family & friends, wood working, spending time is his garden, traveling with the travel club with the bank and attending his grandchildren's sporting events.

Roland H. "Duke" Beth, 82 of Elgin passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Elgin.