Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on April 24, 1905, he received his early education in St. Patrick's Academy, Sidney, Nebraska, and his secondary education at Regis College, Denver, Colorado, and Creighton University, Omaha. In preparation for entering the Order, he attended Providence College.

He received the habit at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, and was there professed on August 16, 1928. He made his philosophical studies at the Dominican House of Studies, River Forest, Illinois, and his theological studies at St. Joseph's Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and at the House of Studies, Washington, D.C. There he was ordained in St. Dominic's Church, June 14, 1934.

His first assignment was as Director of Chant in the simple novitiate at St. Lose, and in the following year he became assistant in the parish at Holy Rosary, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was then assigned to Fenwick High School, Oak Park, Illinois, where he

taught Latin and Religion for eighteen years. He was also Director of Music for some years. In the Fall of 1956 he was transferred to Minneapolis where he assisted in parish work for two years, and he was then assigned to St. John Vianney High School, Los Angeles, California, where he taught Latin and Religion until his sudden and untimely death on March 29, 1967. His body was taken to Denver, Colorado, where it was interred in the Dominican plot in Mount Olivet Cemetery.