On Friday morning July 27th, Richard Mwangi, the Director of Information Technologies at Beaumont Products, Inc. in Kennesaw, raised the Flag of the United States of America at the company headquarters commemorating his becoming Beaumont’s newest United States Citizen. Richard, who is a graduate of KSU, came to the United States in 2001 from Kenya and applied for U.S. Citizenship which was granted in June of this year.
Richard is the fifth Beaumont employee to earn U.S. Citizenship during their employment. Preceding him in similar ceremonies, were Nicole Bolick (Comptroller) from Germany; Monica Cerpa (Laboratory Technician) from Colombia; Jackie Macias & Ramona Rodriguez Vega (Production Team Leaders) from Mexico.
The Flag Raising Ceremony was observed and celebrated by many of Beaumont’s 100 plus employees. The company’s flag pole was previously used at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
Beaumont Products, a veteran’s owned business, manufactures and markets a variety of nationally known, Natural Consumer Products: Citrus Magic, Clearly Magic, Dermatone, Trewax, and Veggie Wash.