B-26 and B-25 bomber pilot with 69 combat missions during WWII; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, French Croix de Guerre and seven Air Medals. A California native, he enlisted right after Pearl Harbor; after war, moved east and graduated Brown University and Harvard Business School. Recalled to active duty during the Korean Conflict, he served as XO  of a P-47 Squadron at Niagara Falls. He lived in East Providence while working at the Defense Products Division of Brown & Sharpe from 1954-1962. Served in Air Force Reserve until retirement, with his last Air Force Reserve assignment at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton. in civilian life he was a steel industry executive until he retired to Westport, MA in 1985.