Bachelor, Hillsdale (Michigan) College Master of Arts, Oberlin (Ohio) College Bachelor of Literature, University of Oxford Doctor of Laws (honorary), Marygrove College, Detroit Doctor of Laws (honorary), Shaw College, Detroit HHD (honorary), Highland Park (Michigan) Community College.
Teacher, U. Detroit teacher, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1963-1964; member, Michigan House of Representatives, Lansing, 1966-1978; member, Michigan Senate, Lansing, since 1978; assistant president pro tem, Michigan Senate, Lansing, 1978-1982; president pro tem, Michigan Senate, Lansing, 1982-1986; associate president pro tem, Michigan Senate, Lansing, since 1986.
Past president Michigan Young Democrats. Chairman Michigan Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Holiday commission. Executive Board directors Detroit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
With United States Navy. Member American Oxonian Association, Fulbright Alumni Association.
