Composer, Songwriter, conductor and arranger, educated at UCLA and a student of Helen Dixon, Lionel Taylor and Alfred Sendrey. He was awarded a Young Musicians Foundation scholarship and a Bank of America Achievement Award, and he was twice awarded University of Redlands Symphony of America Composers honors. He was a captain and commanding officer of the California National Guard 562nd Air Force Band, and also conducted his own dance orchestra. Joining ASCAP in 1964, he composed and arranged a number of Walt Disney Studios scores and songs.