1935
Born to Gladstone and Olive (Young) Parker in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada.
1959
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in physics, with honors, from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
1960
Marries Gloria Parker.
1961
Earns a Master of Science from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
1962
Immigrates to the United States.
1963
Teaches as an assistant professor of physics at Weber State College in Ogden, UT, through 1966.
1967
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from Utah State University.
1967
Teaches as an assistant professor of physics at Idaho State University in Pocatello, ID, through 1975.
1975
Teaches as a professor of physics at Idaho State University through 1998.
1986
Writes “Einstein’s Dream.”
1987
Writes “Search for a Supertheory.”
1988
Writes “Creation.”
1989
Writes “Invisible Matter.”
1991
Writes “Cosmic Time Travel.”
1994
Writes” Stairway to the Stars.”
1998
Writes “Alien Life: The Search for Extraterrestrials and Beyond.”
1998
Retires from his profession and is named professor emeritus by Idaho State University.
2010
Writes “Young Einstein.”
2020
Writes a physics book for the science series of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
2020
Has contributed to more than two books as well as to articles for Encyclopedia Brittanica, Time-Life Books and The New York Times.