[4] He enrolled in the University of Nebraska but stopped his studies several times twice for positions as a principal.

[5][3] He returned to the university in 1910 and planned on graduating in December 1911; however, he left school again in the fall semester to pursue an opportunity with the Lincoln Academy.

[20][21] During his summer vacation, he sold heating and ventilation systems for public buildings.

[24][25] In November 1917, he was appointed to a new three-person state board of control for high school athletics.

[2] He was also a founder of the Berkshire Hills School for Girls in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

[29] In 1933, he leased property in the Hackensack YMCA and founded the Junior College of Bergen County in September.

[9] In 1936, he purchased a property for the junior college which later became the Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck campus.

[29][30] He retired in February 1951 and became the president emeritus of what was then Bergen Junior College.

[30][2] He was buried in the George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.