Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akadzidza paSt. Paul's School, New Hampshire, uye akapinda Yale University, kwaakanga ari nhengo yesangano reScroll and Key, uye somunhu mukuru akapiwa mubayiro weAlpheus Henry Snow Prize. Apedza kudzidza muna 1942, akabatana ne22nd Marine Regiment ndokurwa muPacific War; akapinda mu
Muhondo yeEniwetok, uye muHondo yeGuam semutungamiri weboka, achirasikirwa neziso rake reruboshwe mukurwiswa negranade. Akava lieutenant wokutanga uye akapiwa menduru yeBronze Star. Akagoverana zvakaitika kwaari muhondo, achinyorera "The Atlantic Monthly".