1928
Born to William Moore Black and Margaret Hunter Black in Vancouver, British Columbia.
1930
Immigrates to the United States.
1950
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College.
1951
Is researcher and staff assistant for the Ford Foundation in New York City, New York.
1956
Is a staff associate at Foreign Policy Association in New York City, New York.
1963
Earns a Master of Arts from Columbia University.
1974
Writes the “Natural Resources Inventory, Township of Millburn.”
1976
Becomes a member of the Millburn Township Committee in New Jersey.
1977
Earns a master’s degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
1979
Becomes the mayor of the Township of Millburn in New Jersey.
1982
Becomes a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in Trenton, New Jersey.
1991
Becomes the chairperson of the energy and public utilities committee within the Council of State Governments.
1992
Serves on the advisory board within the School of Policy and Planning at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
1995
Receives the President’s Award from The Nature Conservancy.
1995
Receives the Public Policy Award from the National Trust for Historical Preservation.
1999
Is chairperson of the Garden State Preservation Trust.
1999
Is co-chair of the policy committee within the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.
2000
Serves as co-chair of the policy committee within the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.
2005
Serves as the vice chair of energy sources within the national affairs and legislation committee of The Garden Club of America.
2006
Is trustee of the policy committee within the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.