sentences:  Born in Ventnor City, New Jersey, Davis served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945 as a gunner in an anti-aircraft battery.He earned a bachelor of science degree in economics in 1947 and a law degree in 1949 from Georgetown University.In 1950, he entered the Society of Jesus at the Novitiate of Saint Isaac Jogues in Wernersville, Pennsylvania.