He was an internationally known hotel and restaurant manager, cook and baker. He was manager of Las Vegas restaurants in the 1940s and 1950s, including the Golden Nugget and the Silver Slipper. He was a longtime leader with the Food Service Executives Association and the International Society of Food Consultants. He was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War, serving at the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, and on the personal staffs of Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Ridgeway in Japan. He was general manager of the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, for 11 years. He also managed the Merlin Hotel in Hong Kong, the Americana Hotel in American Samoa and the Kuilima and Ala Moana Hotels in Hawaii.
He was an internationally known hotel and restaurant manager, cook and baker. He was manager of Las Vegas restaurants in the 1940s and 1950s, including the Golden Nugget and the Silver Slipper. He was a longtime leader with the Food Service Executives Association and the International Society of Food Consultants. He was a captain in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War, serving at the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, and on the personal staffs of Gens. Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Ridgeway in Japan. He was general manager of the Sanno Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, for 11 years. He also managed the Merlin Hotel in Hong Kong, the Americana Hotel in American Samoa and the Kuilima and Ala Moana Hotels in Hawaii.
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