After attending high school in Amsterdam, he enrolled at Delft University of Technology in 1919 and received his MSc degree in electrical engineering in 1924. Unable to find suitable work in the Netherlands, he emigrated to the United States in 1924.
Following his high school education in Amsterdam, he enrolled at Delft University of Technology in 1919 and earned his MSc degree in electrical engineering in 1924. Due to a lack of job opportunities in the Netherlands, he migrated to the United States in 1924.