U.S. Army private, 1940-1941
U.S. Marine Corps sergeant, 1942-1946
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Alaska Territory, 1952-1956
City attorney, Anchorage, Alaska, 1956-1959
Legal counsel, Gov. William A. Egan, Alaska, 1959
Commissioner of public safety, State of Alaska, 1959
Judge, Alaska Superior Court, Third Judicial District, 1959-1972; presiding judge, 1969-1972
Justice, Alaska Supreme Court, 1972-1975
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