In 1924, Davis graduated from Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago, Illinois and began his practice the same year.
He was a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and the National Medical Association.
[1] At one time, Davis made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the Illinois State Legislature.
In 1946, after his first marriage ended, Davis married his second wife, Josephine, who was an assistant principal.
He purchased his stock for the program from Miles Davis, who imported his strain from Sir Winston Churchill's farm in England.