For the Weatherford Oral History Project. Longtime resident and school administrator of Weatherford, Texas. Family history; birth, childhood, and education in Collin County, Texas; farm life in the Great Depression; World War II service in U.S. Navy; education at UNT under the GI Bill; career as a teacher, administrator, and coach in various public school districts, concluding with Weatherford ISD; marriage to Betty Jo Hallett; integration of Weatherford schools; school-building program; career as CEO of Weatherford Chamber of Commerce.