1937
Born in Rochester, New York to Joseph Leo and Wilhelmina Donovan.
1947
Follows his older brother John’s example and is an altar server within the parish.
1955
Is accepted into the St. Thomas Club, an honor reserved for those with high grades, just as his older brother John was accepted.
1957
Wins a medal for excellence in German language study.
1958
Graduates from high school and receives a partial scholarship to a local college, St. John Fisher.
1958
Receives a Bachelor of Arts in biology with a minor in English from St. John Fisher College.
1958
Serves in the U.S. Army for three years.
1961
Receives a scholarship to the University of Chicago based on his father’s service with the US Army in France during WWI.
1961
Enters the Graduate Library School at Chicago program and is later elected President of the Graduate Library School Student Club.
1964
Becomes a librarian at the Chicago Public Library and is soon thereafter appointed Head of the Newspaper Service.
1965
Increases the number and variety of fresh newspaper subscriptions worldwide, enriches Chicago Public Library’s microform collection.
1970
Enters the Science Division of the Chicago Public Library and is named head of the Biology Section.
1970
Selects books representative of the fields of biology and natural history.
1975
Attends various courses and series, including, but not limited to, from the Field Museum of Natural History
1975
Also attends university correspondence courses and a Famous Writers Course in Fiction Writing.
1981
Receives a Master of Arts from the University of South Florida School of Information.
1993
Becomes active in his local parish where he leads prayer groups, volunteers in different capacities.
1993
Becomes active in his local parish where he leads prayer groups, volunteers in different capacities.
1993
Teaches Sunday School to grades five through ten for many years.
2019
Remains active in the parish Knights of Columbus Council, where he is the Council Church Director and the Council Lecturer.