 Between 1913 and 1925 Huston, as a minister's son, lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Baltimore, Maryland, and San Antonio, Texas.In 1925, when his father was consecrated as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, his family settled in Seattle, Washington, and Huston enrolled at Lakeside School from which he graduated in 1929.Early in 1929 Thomas Edison called a news conference to announce a national contest with the winner to receive an all-expenses-paid scholarship to the university of his choice.