College of Wooster
He was born on January 6, 1926 in Wooster, Ohio to Clyde and Asenath Gault. He graduated from the College of Wooster in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in geology, and remained as Chairman Emeritus of the Board. While studying at the College of Wooster, he served in the Army Air Corps as a B-29 gunner during World War II.