- Born 22 April 1915, Duluth MN
- Died 3 May 2012, Roseville MN
- BA University of Minnesota 1937
- MA University of Minnesota 1939
- PhD August 1944, University of Minnesota
- Adviser: Dunham Jackson
- Dissertation: Some new systems of orthogonal polynomials on algebraic curves
- Primary employer: Vanderbilt University; USDA Forest Service