A Mason since 1958 (York Rite Knight Templar, Shrine and 32nd degree Scottish Rite), he volunteered his time and expertise to numerous civic and charitable organizations, including the SMU and Texas Tech Foundations, American Red Cross, YMCA and Boy Scouts, PTA, Rotary, the Lubbock Mental Health Center and County Society for Crippled Children, St. Mary's Hospital and the First Methodist Church in