1943
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Lon Edward Welch Jr. and Charlotte Amelia Bender.
1966
Receives a Bachelor of Arts in international a airs from the George Washington University.
1967
Volunteers with the Peace Corps in Colombia.
1968
Marries Lucia del Carmen Lombana-Cadavid
1969
Serves in the U.S. Army.
1970
Receives several honors from the U.S. Army, including a Decorated Purple Heart, a Commendation Medal for Heroism, an Air Medal, and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
1974
Receives a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the George Washington University Law School.
1974
Admitted to practice in the state of Pennsylvania, becomes an associate at Reilly & Fogwell, and an assistant district attorney in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1976
Becomes a deputy sheri in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1979
Becomes a sta member to U.S. Senator Richard Schweiker in Washington, D.C.
1981
Becomes director of the O‑ ce of Program Development for the Peace Corps in Washington, D.C.
1983
Becomes deputy assistant attorney general for the O‑ ce of Justice Programs of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
1986
Becomes assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice.
1991
Becomes a Special Trial Judge/ Special Master for the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
1996
Authors “Peter Smith of Westmoreland County, Virginia (Died 1741) and Some Descendants.”
1998
Serves as editor of “Sojourns of a Patriot: Field and Prison Papers of an Unreconstructed Confederate.”
2018
Honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and the Distinguished Humanitarian Award from Marquis Who’s Who.