[2] He became an architect via private study and a seven-year apprenticeship to three successive established architects in the central Florida area immediately after World War II.

[3] He was vice-president of its Central Florida chapter during 1958–59 and president during 1960–61.

He was director of the entire Florida Association of Architects during 1962–63.

[2] His self-selected notable buildings,[2] all in central Florida, were Rochelle Junior and Senior High School, Lakeland (1955); Saint Agnes Episcopal Church, Sebring (1959); Saint Edward's Episcopal Church, Mount Dora (1959); Lincoln Avenue Elementary School, Lakeland (1960); Placid Tower,[4] Lake Placid (1960); and University Lutheran Church, Gainesville (1961).

[5][6] In 1953, he proposed a design for the Citrus Tower in Clermont with two observation floors supported by a giant cylinder that visitors could walk up using an external spiral stairway – it was rejected.