1939
Born to Bernard Emery and Dorothy Madeline Clark in Prospect, ME.
1960
Earns a Bachelor of Arts in English from Bowdoin College.
1960
Is a Czech linguist in the US Army through 1963.
1963
Teaches at Lewiston Maine High School until 1967.
1966
Marries Margaret Ann Bengtson on June 18.
1969
Earns a Master of Arts in English from the University of Maine.
1972
Welcomes the birth of his first child Dorothy Elizabeth.
1975
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in English from Ohio State University.
1976
Welcomes the birth of his second child Timothy Bengtson.
1975
Teaches English at Saginaw Valley State University until 2015.
1989
Teaches as an exchange professor at Shikoku Women’s University in Tokushima, Japan.
1991
Receives the House Family Award for Teacher Impact from Saginaw Valley State University.
1998
Writes Saginaw Valley State University: The Early and Formative Years.
2002
Is an exchange lecturer at the University of Mysore in India.
2002
Is named an Honorary Alumnus by Saginaw Valley State University.
2006
Receives the University Service Award from the Saginaw Valley State University Faculty Association.
2013
Is a speaker at the Ann SVSU Rush Lectureship.
2014
Is a contributing editor of SVSU: The Years of Growth and Maturity,
2015
Is named an emeritus professor by Saginaw Valley State University and presently maintains this title.