| June 10, 1928 | Born in Utica, New York |
| Reared by grandfather and aunt after his mother died when he was 7 months old. | |
| 1936 | Began collecting buttons when his grandfather gave him an Al Landon for President button |
| 1946 | Graduated from high school in New York Mills, New York |
| Dec. 28, 1947 | Married Ruth in Pennsylvania. Four sons: Tim, Mel, Jim, Bob. Eleven grandchildren,five great-grandchildren plus two on the way. |
| 1950 | Graduated from Milligan College in Tennessee |
| 1956 | Graduated from Lexington College of the Bible (now Lexington Theological Seminary) |
| 1963 | Graduated from Texas Tech with Ph.D. in Philosophy |
| 1963-1967 | Taught at McMurray University, Abilene, Texas |
| 1967-1990 | Taught at Tarrant County Junior College (now Tarrant County College). Founding faculty member, Department of Sociology |
| 1990-present | Pursued his hobby of book and political memorabilia collecting. Opened store in Fort Worth Stockyards. |
| 1993, 1993 | Visited Russia and collected political materials |
| 2004 | Began donating materials to Poage Legislative Library |
Publications:
About Us: An Introduction to Psychology.Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co; [Prelim. ed.] edition (1972).
First sixty years of the First Christian Church, Lubbock, Texas, 1901-1961. [Lubbock: the Church, 1961].
Ethics-Responsibility toward mentally retarded [videorecording]. Fort Worth: TCJC South Campus Instructional Media, 1984.
I-opener : an introduction to philosophy.. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1976.
Police-community relations series. 6 vols.[Monsey, NY:]Criminal Justice Press (1973).
