Early education at University of Minneapolis and Washington, DC; early interests in astronomy and science; early contact with Willem Luyten, 1940; graduate school at the University of Michigan and continuation of graduate work at Case Western Reserve University; Jason Nassau and galactic structure; research positions at Swarthmore College and the Naval Observatory; move to Wesleyan University, 1966; teaching and astrometric research; the Fund for Astrophysical Research (FAR); the restoration of Clark telescopes; influential astronomers: W. Luyten, Peter van de Kamp, Kai A. Strand, Sidney McCuskey, Bart Bok; professional conditions at Wesleyan. Also prominently mentioned are: Heinrich Eichhorn, Thornton Page, Herbert Rood, Frank Zabriskie; American-Australian Observatory, and Van Vleck Observatory.