At Rochester:

• Three-year letter winner in tennis and swimming
• Set the University record for the 400 yard freestyle relay
• Member of the undefeated 1939 team
• Held a Rochester Prize Scholarship
• Elected Phi Beta Kappa
• Member of Chi Rho, President of Mendicants, Secretary of Keidaeans
• Received a B.A. with honors in English in 1941

Post-Graduate:

• Worked as a copy boy at The New York Sun before being drafted into the U.S. Army
• Served with the 98^th Army Infantry Division from 1942-46
• Worked for three years in Tokyo, Japan as a Publications Analyst
• Worked for two years as a sub-editor on the North American Desk of Reuters News Agency in London
• Joined The New York Times in 1955 where he remained for nearly 30 years, mainly as a copy editor on the foreign news desk
• From 1963-66, served as foreign correspondent based in Tokyo, covering Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and the Philippines
• Covered swimming in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo
• Retired in 1984