Career
He fought at Omaha Beach during World World War II and worked as a signal maintenance and property officer at Fort Douglas, Utah, retiring in 1960. He got a Bachelor"s degree in Mathematics and Physics and became a Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry teacher at Yorktown High School in Texas. His first science fiction story, "Philosophical Corps" was published in the magazine Astounding in 1951.
His fix-up of that story and two others, The Philosophical Corps, was published by Gnome Press in 1962.
A second novel, The Best Made Plans, was serialized in Astounding in 1959, but never published in book form. He also co-authored historical books about the south Texas region.