- Born 21 May 1927, Houston TX
- Died 28 January 2021, Knoxville TN
- BA Rice Institute (Houston TX) 1946
- MA University of Texas 1949
- PhD June 1954, University of Pennsylvania
- Adviser: J.R. Kline
- Dissertation: Regular curves and regular points of finite order
- Primary employer: University of Tennessee (Knoxville TN), Northern Illinois University (DeKalb IL), Mississippi State University (Starkville MS)