He graduated in 1907 from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and taught high school in Missouri, Colorado, and Montana until he received his M.D. from Rush Medical College of the University of Chicago in 1917.
He graduated in 1907 from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri and taught high school in Missouri, Colorado, Montana, and Mississippi. He entered medical school in 1913 at Rush Medical College of the University of Chicago, working various night jobs to put himself through, and earned his M.D. in 1917.