He attended Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, for a year and transferred to the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, graduating in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. He also received a commission as Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.
He attended Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho for one year before transferring to the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.