Served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and won the Distinguished Flying Cross, having seen action in Africa, China, India and the South Pacific.
Retired from Walt Disney Productions in 1981.
Before joining Disney in 1934, he was employed as a draftsman by Douglas Aircraft.
Was fatally injured when his car veered into a tree just a few blocks from his home in Burbank, CA. He died at St. Joseph Medical Center, the same hospital where Walt Disney died in 1966.