Personal Life
His mother's maiden name was Kroupa, he was married to Bernice, and had three daughters, Donna (b.1923, Mrs Albert Patt), Verna (1925–1994, Mrs Turney Hitler) and Carol (Mrs Elton Morel). He trained initially for the ministry in the Seventh-day Adventist church, completing his B.Th degree in 1922, but became a chemistry teacher, gaining a doctorate in chemistry from Washington University in 1945. He taught at Pacific Union College from 1935 to 1949, then joined the Loma Linda University School of Medicine biochemistry department, where he remained until retirement in 1970.
He worked for seven years with Dr Bruce Halstead researching the chemistry for the authoritative monograph, The Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World which was published by the US Government Press in 1963. The Exodus Problem was the result of similar library research and a lifelong interest in archaeology.
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