Background
He was born in Vevay, Indiana in 1888.
He was born in Vevay, Indiana in 1888.
He compiled an overall record of 2–4. He was from Ottawa, Illinois He was a graduate of Hanover College, having received a Bachelor of Science degree there in 1910. He was living in Lexington, Massachusetts in 1925.
Before coming to North Dakota, Archer taught at a school in McCook, Nebraska and later, in 1912, chemistry and physics at Ottawa, Illinois.
He died at Winchester, Massachusetts in 1971.
He was also a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity during his college years.