Born in Athens, Ohio. Attended University of Virginia 1954 to 1956; Ohio University 1956 to 1958; Wayne State University 1962-63. Served as captain with U.S. Army artillery 1958 to 1966. Married Ann Tiskus May 7, 1983. They had three children.

In 1961 he was appointed assistant director of the Money Museum of the National Bank of Detroit. In 1966 he was appointed director replacing Oscar Dodson. Public Information Officer and head of Numismatic Services Division for the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia 1970 to 1972. He was appointed first director of the ANA Certification Service (ANACS) in Washington, D.C. and served 1972 to 1976. In 1976 he became director of the International Numismatic Society's authentication bureau (INSAB).

Served as ANA Curator of Medals 1963 to 1966. He received the ANA Medal of Merit in 1968. Served on U.S. Assay Commission in 1969. President of Detroit Coin Club in 1969.

Author of The Story of the Dollar published in 1970.

He died at home in Tappahannock, Virginia.

bio by correspondence, 1993

profile: NN/WWH 2/20/73; obit: CW 6/23/20/08