U.S. Army, Air Corps, 1945-1946
Editor, Buckeye Review, 1956
Executive director, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Youngstown, Ohio, 1956-1959
Private practice, Youngstown, Ohio, 1959-1961, 1968-1969
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Ohio, 1961-1967
Assistant general counsel, National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1967-1968
General counsel, NAACP, 1969-1979