Born Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 5, 1913; admitted to bar, 1937, Iowa. Education: State University of Iowa (B.A., 1935; J.D., with distinction, 1937). Phi Delta Phi; Pi Gamma Mu; Omicron Delta Kappa, Assistant County Attorney, Linn County, 1946-1950, Member 1959-1968 and Chairman, 1968 Iowa State Board of Bar Examiners, Supreme Court Appointee, Legislative Ethics Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 1971-1980. Recipient, Iowa Bar Association Award of Merit, 1972. Member: Linn County (President (1973), Iowa State (Member, Board of Governors, 1962-1966; Vice President 1965-1966, President, 1966-1967; Chairman, Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure, 1967-1970; Lecturer, Trial Tactics Seminars 1960-1984; Contributor, Iowa Trial Handbook, 1969; Co-Author, "Defense of Cancer Cases,": Member: Scope and Correlation Committee 1967-1980; Special Select Legislative Study Committee, 1976-1980) and American Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; Judge Advocate General Association; American Society of Hospital Attorneys. Fellow: Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Governors, 1965-; President, 1982, Dean of the Academy, 1989): American Bar Foundation; Iowa Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates; American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1976-1978) (Captain, United States Marine Corps, World War II).

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