1938
Born to Raymond and Josephine (Stone) Vernon in Washington, D.C.
1960
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University.
1970
Is the owner of Heidi Wortzel’s Cooking School in Newton, MA, through 1975.
1978
Earns a Master of Arts from Boston University.
1980
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in 19th century American business history from Boston University.
1980
Teaches as a professor at Northeastern University through 2007.
1987
Teaches as a senior professor within the Prasetiya Mulya Graduate School Management in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1990
Is a fellow of Eastern Academy of Management.
1990
Writes Business and Society; the sixth edition is later published in 1998.
1992
Is a senior consultant for Global Resources in Corona de Mar, CA.
1992
Co-authors Strategic Management in the Global Environment.
1992
Writes Lowell: The Corporations and the City, published by Garland Press, which won a prize and was based on her dissertation.
2007
Is named professor of international business emerita by Northeastern University and presently maintains this title.