Dr. James Beckett

Dr. James Beckett III (born May 10, 1949) is an American statistician, author, editor, and publisher renowned for his contributions to sports card collecting.[1] He earned a Ph.D. in statistics from Southern Methodist University in 1975 and later joined the faculty at Bowling Green State University.[1] As founder and former CEO of Beckett Publications Inc., he built a major empire in the multisport hobby industry over nearly four decades.[3][6]