 He was, successively, a world traveler; a war correspondent; a photographer, staff artist, and reporter for the Chicago Tribune; a pilot and flight instructor; a teacher; a lecturer; an aerial navigator; a building contractor; and founder and director of a summer camp for children.He was a practising member of the Baháʼí Faith.His books included "Men on the Horizon" (1932), "Song of the Sky" (1954), "Music of the Spheres" (1961), and "The Seven Mysteries of Life" (1978).