[1] He studied at public elementary and secondary schools in Chetopa, Kansas, and Guthrie, Oklahoma.

[1] He was the first Black child to attend high school in the Oklahoma Territory.

[1][4][5] He headed Philander Smith College's natural science department from 1903 until 1916.

[4][6] Under his leadership, students from George R. Smith College participated in the State Constitutional Convention of Missouri.

[4] Starting in 1925 after George R. Smith College burned down, he served as the Dean of New Orleans University.