Composer, songwriter ("Tropicana"), conductor, arranger, pianist and engineer, educated at USC and the Colleges of Music and Engineering. He conduced his own orchestra at the Beverly Hiils (California) Hotel for twelve years, and also conducted other orchestras in various hotels and night clubs. In addition, he was a design engineer for North American Aviation. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his other popular-song compositions include "Muchachita", "Memories Set to Music", "Two Shadows in the Moonlight", and "El Marranito".