U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Northwestern University, in 1938, from the law school of the University of Michigan, in 1941, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in South Bend, Indiana. During World War II, he served as a First Lieutenant assigned to heavy-bomber maintenance in the US Army Air Corps and after his discharge in 1946, remained in the US Air Force Reserve at the rank of Major. In 1951, he elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second, Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses, serving until 1957. Not seeking re-nomination, he practiced law until 1977, when appointed judge of the St. Joseph Superior Court, serving (1977-85).
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Northwestern University, in 1938, from the law school of the University of Michigan, in 1941, was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in South Bend, Indiana. During World War II, he served as a First Lieutenant assigned to heavy-bomber maintenance in the US Army Air Corps and after his discharge in 1946, remained in the US Air Force Reserve at the rank of Major. In 1951, he elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second, Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses, serving until 1957. Not seeking re-nomination, he practiced law until 1977, when appointed judge of the St. Joseph Superior Court, serving (1977-85).
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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