Background
He was born in Stamford, Connecticut and attended schools in Scarsdale, New York and Asheville, North Carolina and received his degree from Princeton University in 1939.
He was born in Stamford, Connecticut and attended schools in Scarsdale, New York and Asheville, North Carolina and received his degree from Princeton University in 1939.
Princeton University.
After being honorably discharged he attended the Union Theological Seminary and Defiance College He went on to become pastor of four Congregational Churches in Arizona, New York, Ohio and Massachusetts. He was brought to the attention of President Eisenhower through his articles in The New York Times on American community life. In 1956 he became a Special Assistant in the White House.
And from 1957 to January 1961 he served as Staff Assistant to the President.
In 1964 he became the Recording Secretary at Princeton University and served in that position until 1981.