1933
Born in Alamogordo, NM, to Steven Horace and Olive Gladys Byham.
1954
Receives a Bachelor of Arts in foreign languages (Spanish and French) from Park College.
1962
Receives a Master of Arts in Spanish from the University of British Columbia.
1967
Becomes an instructor of modern languages at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York.
1968
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Rochester.
1971
Becomes an associate professor of modern languages at St. John Fisher College.
1972
Appointed chairman of the Department of Modern Languages at St. John Fisher College.
1972
Authors “The Wine and the Will.”
1975
Becomes a full professor of modern languages at St. John Fisher College.
1983
Appointed director of international studies at St. John Fisher College.
1986
Authors “The Cave” and “Gargantua in a Convex Mirror.”
1989
Becomes a professor of Spanish and French at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
1989
Appointed chairman of the Department of Modern Languages at Trinity University.
2000
Authors “Les Leçons du rire.”
2002
Authors “Sonora Wind, Ill Wind” and “Longs désirs.”
2005
Authors “Apache Lance, Franciscan Cross” and “The Storks of La Caridad.”
2008
Authors “Sonora Moonlight” and “Seven Cities of Mud.”
2009
Authors “Sonora Wind.”
2011
Authors “Unrest in Eden,” “El Jesuita y el brujo,” and “El Jesuita y la Tormenta.”
2015
Authors “Dolet.”