1938
Ms. Kirkpatrick is born in Birmingham, Michigan and Stanley Rathbun Saunders and Esther Saunders.
1956
Ms. Kirkpatrick studies at Wellesley College.
1958
Ms. Kirkpatrick studies at the University of Arizona and at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada.
1961
Ms. Kirkpatrick receives a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from the University of Michigan.
1962
Ms. Kirkpatrick becomes a systems engineer at IBM in Chicago, Illinois.
1972
Ms. Kirkpatrick joins the board of directors of the Chicago Wellesley Club.
1977
Ms. Kirkpatrick serves as the treasurer of Taproot Representatives in DuPage County, Illinois.
1978
Ms. Kirkpatrick is appointed president of the Hinsdale Women’s Republican Club.
1981
Ms. Kirkpatrick becomes a senior analyst at Commonwealth Edison Company.