Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1961. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1963.
With First Tennessee Bank, Memphis, until 1978. Executive vice president First National Bank of Commerce, New Orleans, 1978-1983, president and chief executive officer, 1983-1986, First Commerce Corporation, New Orleans, since 1986. Chairman, director First Commerce Service Corporation, since 1986.
President, director New Orleans Bancshares Inc., since 1986.