1942
Born to Al B. and Wilma E. (Edberg) in Bellingham, WA.
1964
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Western Washington College.
1967
Earns a Master of Arts from the University of British Columbia.
1970
Marries Agnes Loewen on March 28.
1970
Teaches as an assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia until 1978.
1973
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of British Columbia.
1978
Teaches as an associate professor of history at Oregon State University until 1984.
1981
Is named a fellow of the College Physicians of Philadelphia.
1984
Teaches as a professor of history at Oregon State University and continues in this role.
1990
Is named a National Endowment of the Humanities Fellow through 1991.
2009
Writes Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity.
2012
Is a Sandy and Elva Sanders Eminent Professor within the Honors College at Oregon State University.
2014
Teaches a professor of medicine and history at Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University until 2017.
2014
Writes Medicine and Religion, A Historical Introduction.
2017
Writes Essential Readings in Medicine and Religion with Ekaterina Lomperis,
2019
Is named a fellow of the International Society of Religion and Science in the United Kingdom, currently maintaining this title.
2021
Maintains membership with the International Society of the History of Medicine and the American Association for the History of Medicine.