1934
Born to Donlin M. Long and Davene E. (Johnson) Long in Rolla, MO.
1951
Is a student at Jefferson City Junior College.
1955
Earns a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri.
1959
Earns a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Missouri.
1959
Marries Harriett Page.
1960
Serves as a resident in neurological surgery at the University Minnesota Health Science Center in Minneapolis, MN, through 1964.
1964
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in neuroanatomy from the University Minnesota.
1965
Serves with the US Public Health Service through 1967.
1965
Is a resident in neurological surgery at Peter Bent Brigham and Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston, MA.
1967
Teaches as an assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery within University of Minnesota Hospitals through 1970.
1967
Works as a neurosurgeon within University Minnesota Hospitals through 1973.
1970
Teaches as an associate professor within University Minnesota Hospitals.
1973
Is a professor and chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University.
1973
Begins to practice medicine specializing in neurosurgery in Baltimore, MD, and continues to do so.
1973
Serves as neurosurgeon-in-chief within the department of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital through 2000.
1976
Serves as a member of the principal staff within the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University through 2010.
2000
Holds the role of Distinguished Service Professor of Neurosurgery through 2010.
2010
Serves as the president of Neuroscience Consultants.
2010
Is named as a Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Neurosurgery and continues to hold this title.
2015
Serves as a medical advisor of the Bobby Jones-Syringomyelia-Chiari Foundation.