Born on September 8, 1922, in Portland, he prepared for college at North Yarmouth Academy and became a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at Bowdoin. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces as a radar/radio mechanic from 1943 to 1946, attaining the rank of sergeant. He returned to Bowdoin and graduated in 1947 as a member of the Class of 1944. Following his graduation, he purchased the Douglas Hill Apple Orchard in Sebago and began a career in the apple business. He was co-owner of Romac Orchards in Acton and was for many years an apple broker for J.P. Sullivan & Co. In his retirement, he renovated houses in the Florida Keys, Arizona, Maine, and New Hampshire. He is survived by his wife, Judith Atkinson Waterman, whom he married in 1949; three daughters, Gail Klahs of Kennebunk, Ann Vermette of Springvale, and Nancy Waterman of Kennebunkport; a son, Gordon Waterman of Shapleigh; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.