1936
Born to Thomas J. Flynn and Bernice E. (Colliton) Flynn in Spokane, WA.
1958
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Carroll College.
1962
Earns a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.
1962
Is a philosophy instructor at Carroll College through 1966.
1970
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University.
1971
Is an assistant professor at Catholic University of America through 1975.
1978
Works as an assistant professor at Emory University through 1981.
1981
Becomes an associate professor at Emory University through 1985.
1985
Teaches as a full professor at Emory University through 1987.
1986
Receives the United Methodist Church Award for University Scholar Teacher.
1987
Is named the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of philosophy by Emory University and maintains his roles as an educator and priest.
1990
Receives the Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award in Humanities.
1991
Is a National Humanities Center Fellow at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.
1992
Co-edits the book “Dialectic and Narrative.”
1997
Writes the book “Sartre, Foucault and Historical Reason, Vol. 1.”
1998
Is an Institute for Advanced Study Fellow.
2004
Writes the book “Sartre, Foucault and Historical Reason, Vol. 2” and co-edits the book “Ethics of History.”
2005
Is a Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow at Emory University through 2006.
2006
Writes the book “Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction.”
2014
Writes the book “Sartre: A Philosophical Biography.”