1938
Born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania to Dr. Charles Leonard and Elizabeth Hoover DePriest.
1959
Enlists in the U.S. Air Force.
1960
Marries Blanquita Reinoso of Caibarién, Cuba.
1962
Is a distinguished graduate of OCS and is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
1964
Becomes a B-52 Stanboard Navigator at Beale Air Force Base in California.
1965
Welcomes the births of his daughter Lisa, his second daughter Diane in 1966, and his son David in 1970.
1972
Completes 129 combat missions in Vietnam as a B-52 Radar Navigator
1974
Receives a Bachelor of Science in Electric Engineering with distinction from the Air Force Institute of Technology.
1975
Earns an MS from AFIT; is program manager of the GPS Missile Guidance Program at the AF Armament Lab at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.
1975
Is Chief of the Missile Guidance Branch in the U.S. Air Force Armament Lab at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida.
1979
Becomes program element manager of the Avionics & Armament Division at the Air Staff and the Pentagon.
1979
Becomes then Deputy Division Chief of the Avionics & Armament Division at the Air Staff and the Pentagon.
1984
Becomes Chief of the Engineering Division at Warner Robins ALC in Georgia.
1986
Becomes Director of Intercommand Electronic Warfare at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
1988
Is Director of Plans and Operations in the Air Force Electronic Combat Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.
1991
Retires from the U.S. Air Force. He also divorces from Blanquita Reinoso.
1992
Is Manager of the Warner Robins Applications Department and Site Manager for The Analytic Sciences Corp., Inc.
1997
Becomes president of DePriest Associates, Inc. in Warner Robins, Georgia.
2001
Marries Marlena Brectel. She passes in 2002. He later retires from DePriest Associates, Inc., in 2015.
2019
Is awarded Life Masters Rank in November 2019 by the American Contract Bridge League.