- Born 3 May 1917, Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada
- Died 8 May 2000, Payne OK
- BA Queen’s University at Kingston (Ontario) 1937
- MA Queen’s University at Kingston (Ontario) 1938
- PhD June 1941, Harvard University (Radcliffe College)
- Adviser: George D. Birkhoff
- Dissertation: On the generalized gamma function and its analogue for q-difference equations
- Primary employer: Oklahoma State University