At Rochester:

• Lettered for 3 years with the golf team, 2 years with the varsity basketball team, and played 1 season with freshman basketball
• An active participant in intramural sports and a member of Theta Chi
• Came to the University from Gouverneur Central School where he was active in sports, band, and student government
• He earned All-Section X honors for basketball in 1954
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Graduated from the University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in business in 1959

Post-Graduate:

• Served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1959 to 1965
• Began a 30-year business career with Kinney Drugs, Inc. in Gouverneur, a retail drug store chain in Northern New York and Vermont with 61 stores
• Rose through the ranks from Office Manager to Treasurer, Vice President, Senior Vice President of Finance, President, and Chief Executive Officer
• Member of the E.J. Noble Hospital Board for 17 years, two years as chairman
• Member of the North Country Hospital Board for 3 years
• Member of St. James Catholic Church, serving as a lay minister and lector, school guild president, church trustee, and basketball coach for grades 7 and 8
• Member of Gouverneur Country Club, serving in several offices, including president
• Member of Gouverneur Luncheon Club, a service organization, including a 2-year term as president and member of the St. Lawrence economic advisory council
• Member Board of Directors of Kinney Drugs, Inc. and Community Bank, Inc.