Born La Porte, Indiana, November 21, 1924.

BAR ADMISSIONS: admitted to bar, 1950, Indiana and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. 

EDUCATION: Indiana University (A.B.,1946;J.D. 1950), Phi Delta Phi, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, La Porte County, Indiana, 1953-1958. 

MEDIATOR:  Experienced and qualified for civil mediation or arbitration having participated in over 600 cases.  Certified Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediator by the Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education. 

MEMBER: American Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Indiana State Board of Bar Examiners, 1971-1976 (Vice-President, 1972);Bar Associations of La Porte City (President 1967-1968) La Porte County (President, 1972-1973); Indiana State (Member, Board of Managers, 1977-1978, Vice-President,1980-1981; President Elect,1981-1982; President,1982-1983); American Academy of Hospital Lawyers; Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Diplomat); Indiana Supreme Court Committee on Character and Fitness (1991-); United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana Advisory Committee on Local Rules and Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, (1991-1992). 

AWARDS: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Distinguished Alumni Service Award - 1988, The Legendary Lawyer Award -2000 (formally the Fifty Year Award of the Indiana Bar Foundation).

FELLOW: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1981-1982); Indiana Bar Foundation (Chairman of Fellows, 1991-1992); American Bar Foundation; International Society of Barristers (State Chairman 1985).