Biography
A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , August 29, 1922. Educated in the public schools of Detroit, Mich. Attended the University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich. , 1935-1937. Graduated from Culver Military Academy, 1939. B. S. , Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. , 1943. United States Army, 1943-1946. Banker. Businessman. Mayor, Troy, Mich. , 1959-1964. Board of supervisors, Oakland County, Mich. , 1959-1963. Member of the Michigan state senate, 1965-1970. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1976. Chairman of the board, Michigan Chrome and Chemical Co. Died on April 23, 2001, in Troy, Mich. Interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Hope, Ark.