Born on March 27, 1928, in Dublin, Ireland, he prepared for college at the Newton School in South Windham, VT, attended Bowdoin in 1945-46, and became a member of Chi Psi Fraternity. After serving in the U.S. Navy for a year, he returned to the College in 1947 and spent that academic year at the College. He became a travel consultant with the Automobile Club of New York and, during his 43 years with that group, he held a number of important positions and also studied for a year at New York University in business administration and at the City College of New York for a year in transportation. He retired in 1992 as director of travel for the Automobile Club of New York. Surviving are his wife, Lillian Sydnor Davin, whom he married in 1982; a daughter, Mona Bonamarte of Rowayton, CT; and a grandson.