1935
Born in Bryan, Texas to Bessie Lanton Sharp and Homer Lloyd Heaton.
1957
Receives a Bachelor of Science from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University.
1961
Receives a Doctor of Medicine from Baylor University.
1961
Becomes an intern at Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas.
1962
Becomes a resident at Baylor University.
1965
Becomes a senior attending physician at Philadelphia General Hospital.
1965
Serves to lieutenant commander with the U.S. Public Health Service.
1966
Becomes a member of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
1970
Appointed chief of service at Philadelphia General Hospital.
1972
Authors “Audiovisual Course in Venereal Disease” with D.M. Pillsbury.
1973
Receives an honorary Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.
1973
Becomes an associate professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania.
1978
Becomes an associate professor of dermatology at the University of Cincinnati.
1978
Joins the staff at the University of Cincinnati UC Health University Hospital.
1980
Authors “Manual of Dermatology.”
1981
Serves as interim director of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Cincinnati until 1983.
1985
Promoted to full professor at the University of Cincinnati.
1998
Serves as interim director of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Cincinnati.
2000
Named Ohio Dermatologist of the Year.
2007
Becomes Professor Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati.
2010
Receives the Distinguished Service Award from the Ohio Dermatological Association.