Means enlisted in the United States of America Air Force when he was a senior at Patton Masonic School for Boys. Assigned to the Ninth Air Corps, he served as a crew chief in occupied Germany during 1945. He is a graduate of Kutztown University with a Bachelor's of Science degree, and of Temple University with a Master's degree in Education. After serving thirty-two years as a teacher and administrator in Pennsylvania Public Schools, he is now retired. He is also the great grandson of Wallace William Brewer.