- Born 23 February 1926, Willimantic CT
- Died 20 December 2016, Placerville CA
- BA Oberlin College 1947
- MS University of Wisconsin 1948
- PhD June 1951, University of Oregon
- Adviser: Ivan Niven
- Dissertation: Fermat’s theorem for matrices over a modular ring
- Primary employer: Louisiana Tech University (Ruston LA)