- Born 13 April 1915, Chicago IL
- Died 27 June 2009, Louisville KY
- BA Park College (MO) 1935
- MA University of Illinois
- PhD June 1941, University of Illinois
- Adviser: Arthur Robert Crathorne
- Dissertation: A radial analysis of the structure of the Milky Way in Auriga, based on start counts and color excesses
- Primary employer: University of Louisville