1941
Born to Elwood Carl Lampe and Verna Marcella Lampe in Storm Lake, Iowa.
1962
Graduates cum laude from Buena Vista College with a Bachelor of Arts.
1963
Marries Ruth Elaine Eickstaedt.
1964
Earns a Master of Arts from University Nebraska and teaches as an instructor at Bemidji State College, Bemidji, Minnesota.
1965
Teaches as an instructor at Buena Vista College.
1966
Teaches as an instructor at The University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
1969
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Nebraska
1969
Teaches as an assistant professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Buffalo.
1970
Earns a summer research grant from (SUNY) College at Buffalo.
1973
Teaches as an associate professor at the SUNY College at Buffalo.
1974
Establishes Western New York Medievalists and serves as director.
1976
Teaches as a full professor at the SUNY College at Buffalo.
1978
Receives a National Endowment of the Humanities from Duke University.
1984
Serves on the board of directors of the Faculty-Student Association at SUNY College at Buffalo.
1985
Serves on the board of directors of White Pine Press in Fredonia, New York.
1989
Serves as editor of “The Legend of Being Irish” and “The 15th Century.”
1992
Serves as editor of “An Occasion of Sin.”
2006
Named a professor emeritus at SUNY College at Buffalo and writes the collection of poems “The Trees Walked.”
2015
Ruth Elaine Lampe dies.
2020
Publishes a book of poems called “Close to the Bone”