[3] He was named after his father, a former prosecuting attorney and eventual president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
[4] After World War II, he worked for the St. Louis Star-Times and then the Post-Dispatch from 1950 to 1986, when he retired as chief artist.
[5][2] For eight years, Schweitzer created editorial cartoons for 44 Catholic newspapers in the United States and Canada.
[9] He lost some newspapers due to his liberal stance on civil rights and his refusal to change his cartoons to the liking of southern editors.
[4][5] Schweitzer was a member of the Missouri Athletic Club and served as its art director.