Career
He was born in Louisiana Salle, Illinois, and worked for a while at the Louisiana Salle County Press, which was owned by his father. In 1901 he founded Insurance Engineering, a monthly magazine about fire waste. The name was changed to Safety Engineering in 1912.
He remained publisher and editor of it until 1921.
He was at one point president of the American Trade Press Association. He died at a sanatorium in Vermont.
