[1] During the World War II era, he served as officer an Army Air Corps bombardier.

[1] In 1946, he returned to his position in Santa Monica before serving as assistant Scout Executive in West Los Angeles.

During 1952 and 1953 he worked closely with volunteers to identify a new summer camp site in the Sierra Nevada mountains near a lake.

He resigned his position before the normal retirement age, due in part to BSA experiencing membership declines and internal issues.

[citation needed] A high-adventure program for Exploring was started with wilderness base camps, including the Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico.