1925
Born in Nanking, China to Donald William to Virginia Richardson.
1944
Serves in the U.S. Navy.
1947
Receives a Bachelor of Science from Davidson College.
1948
Marries Frances Lee Wingfield.
1951
Receives a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard University.
1951
Becomes an intern and then resident at Yale New Haven Hospital.
1953
Becomes a resident and fellow of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
1956
Becomes chief cardiologist and associate chief of staff for the Research VA Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
1961
Serves as visiting scientist at Oxford University in England.
1962
Becomes an associate and then full professor of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
1970
Serves as moderator of Hanover Presbytery Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia.
1972
Becomes chairman of the Cardiology Division at Virginia Commonwealth University.
1972
Serves as a visiting professor at the University of Milan in Italy.
1973
Serves as interim chairman of the Department of Medicine at the Virginia Commonwealth University.
1983
Serves as chairman of the events committee of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial.
1990
Becomes director of the Cardiology Training Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
2007
Becomes Professor Emeritus of medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.