The former Cleveland Press reporter served as law director for the City of Parma Heights and executive director of the Cleveland Bar Association. He was raised in Cleveland and Parma. He won a light-heavyweight boxing championship at Fort McClellan, Alabama, went to occupied Japan and became a corporal. He then earned a bachelor's degree from Heidelberg College and joined the Cleveland Press around 1950. He covered police, suburbs and courts while attending Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at night. He extensively covered the famous Sheppard murder trial. In 1971, he left the Press to become law director for Parma Heights. After three years, he left the city and became a bar association leader. While a member of the bar association, he wrote a history of the organization entitled "The First 100 Years".
The former Cleveland Press reporter served as law director for the City of Parma Heights and executive director of the Cleveland Bar Association. He was raised in Cleveland and Parma. He won a light-heavyweight boxing championship at Fort McClellan, Alabama, went to occupied Japan and became a corporal. He then earned a bachelor's degree from Heidelberg College and joined the Cleveland Press around 1950. He covered police, suburbs and courts while attending Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at night. He extensively covered the famous Sheppard murder trial. In 1971, he left the Press to become law director for Parma Heights. After three years, he left the city and became a bar association leader. While a member of the bar association, he wrote a history of the organization entitled "The First 100 Years".
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