 After serving in the United States Army from 1944-1947, he served a residency in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology at the University of Michigan Hospitals in Ann Arbor, Michigan.He received board certification by the American Board of Radiology in 1950.On his return to Madison, he practiced initially with Dr. Larry Littig, before starting his own practice serving small hospitals in Darlington and Dodgeville and opening his own office in the Tenney Building at 110 East Main Street in Madison.