1999: Lived in Enid, OK
He graduated from Blackwell HS in 1949, attended Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa and received his BS Degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva. He did graduate work at Wichita State University.
He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and attended First Baptist Church in Nash. He was a member of Blackwell AF $ AM Lodge, and Kansas Consistory.
He began his teaching-coaching career at Pauls Valley, Oklahoma in 1955. He taught Science and coached for 8 years in Sand Springs, OK. At Newton, Kansas he taught and coached wrestling for 12 years. He moved to Tucson, AZ upon retirement from teaching. They moved to Enid, OK in 1986.