- Graduate of Florence High School in 1944
- College Graduate with Associate Degree from Southern Polytechnic State University in Heating & Air
Conditioning Technology (affiliate of Georgia Tech)
- Florence High School
- Played on the 1943 Legion State Championship Baseball Team
- Played in the 1946 High School Football All Star Shrine Bowl Game
- Co‐Captain of football team in 1946
- Selected to the All State Football Team in 1943 & 1946
- Played two years of semi‐pro football with the Florence Stoppers
- Set South Carolina record for 60 and older age group in running half marathon races (13.1
miles) at 1 hr 43 minutes in 1987 at Isle of Palms
- Ran for over 20 years in over 150 races
- Community
- Helped in the building of the Florence Soap Box Derby Track
- Military Service
- Sworn in USMC in 1944-1946 and received the Presidential Unit Citation & Purple Heart