Career
He coached the University of Central Missouri basketball team in 1919–1923. Beginning in 1932, he served in several positions with the Amateur Athletic Union, including a period as a president of the Amateur Athletic Union (1944–1947). He led the Joint Basketball Rules Committee that adopted a unified standard of basketball rules in the United States in 1947.
He served as a president of the International Basketball Federation from 1948 to 1960.
In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame.