[5] He served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II and subsequently taught art at the Parsons School of Design from 1949-1952.

Over his artistic career, he created a substantial body of sculptural work, notably a series of evocative neo-classical figures in cast bronze and terra cotta which were shown at the James Graham & Sons Gallery and the Davis Galleries (later Davis and Langdale), both in Manhattan.

Public sculptures include his 1983 statue John J. Pershing, General of the Armies, for Pershing Park (now the National World War I Memorial) in Washington, D.C.[5] He was also an illustrator for clients including Harper's Magazine, and before his death published two illustrated books of poetry, Casques and Dust on the Palace: The Story of a Friendship, published by Waterline Books in Hardwick, Massachusetts.

[5] In August 1947, White was married to the American poet and Smith College graduate Claire Nicolas (b.

[7] They lived at his grandfather's former Italianate mansion and subdivided 60-acre estate, known as Box Hill, on Long Island.