Cris Beam: Hello, my name is Cris Beam. I always have to push a pause in between the two names because when I say it fast, as in, "Hello, my name is Cris Beam," people always think I'm saying, "Hello, my name is Christine." And that is not my name! My first name is Cris. It is Cris Beam. There is no H in my name. I have grown to loathe and detest the letter H because people often put an H in my name. My name is spelled C-R-I-S. Four letters. My last name is Beam. B-E-A-M, as in Mary. Four letters. As in beam me up Scotty. Cris Beam.