A 2-year starter for Evansville Central High School … All-State as a senior … led his team that year to Final Four … scored 16 points in afternoon victory, but a fourth-quarter leg injury knocked him out of championship game … named Trester Award winner, but his injury was so severe that presentation was made in locker room … 4-year starter at DePauw … named DePauw’s outstanding senior in ’52 … continued his education in Germany and IU School of Law … first elected to U. S. House of Representatives from Indiana’s 9th Congressional District in 1965.

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