1939
Dr. Lukenbill is born in Mount Sylvan, Texas to Lee Roy Clayton Lukenbill and Tommie Lee McCorkle.
1961
Dr. Lukenbill receives a Bachelor of Science in education from the University of North Texas.
1963
Dr. Lukenbill receives a Master of Library Science from the University of Oklahoma and becomes a reference librarian at Austin College in Sherman, Texas.
1964
Dr. Lukenbill becomes an instructor at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.
1968
Dr. Lukenbill marries Shirley Ann Herbert.
1973
Dr. Lukenbill receives a Doctor of Philosophy from Indiana University and becomes an assistant professor at the University of Maryland.
1976
Dr. Lukenbill becomes an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
1987
Dr. Lukenbill joins the board of directors of MCC Austin.
1988
Dr. Lukenbill authors “Youth Literature: An Interdisciplinary, Annotated Guide to North American Dissertation Research, 1930-1985.”
1993
Dr. Lukenbill receives the Library Education for At-Risk Youth Award from the U.S. Department of Education.
1994
Dr. Lukenbill authors “AIDS-HIV Information Services and Programs in Libraries.”
1994
Dr. Lukenbill becomes an archivist consultant for MCC Austin.
1996
Dr. Lukenbill is promoted to full professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
2002
Dr. Lukenbill authors “Collection Development for the School Library Media Center: New Directions for a New Century.”
2004
Dr. Lukenbill authors “Health Information for Youth.”
2006
Dr. Lukenbill authors “Biography in the Lives of Youth: Culture, Society and Information.”
2010
Dr. Lukenbill earns the title of Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin.
2012
Dr. Lukenbill authors “Research Information Studies.”
2017
Dr. Lukenbill is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.
2017
Dr. Lukenbill authors “Broadway Musicals and the Christian Sermon.”