1933
Born in Washington, D.C. to Lawrence and Anna Cornelia Myers.
1954
Becomes city editor of The Michigan Daily and a registered lobbyist for The Michigan Legislature
1955
Receives a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and studies additional coursework at the University of Paris.
1957
Passes Foreign Service exam and becomes a Foreign Service Officer.
1958
Becomes a member of the Bureau of Public Affairs of the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.
1960
Appointed vice-consul of the United States Consulate General Hamburg in Germany.
1962
Marries James George Sampas, a Foreign Service Officer. Required by State Department Policy to resign, as married Foreign Service couples were not permitted.
1970
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy from Georgetown University.
1972
Becomes a consultant for Transcentury Corporation in Washington, D.C.
1973
Assigned as an analyst for the Bureau of Administration of the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. Policy change occurs regarding married couples and takes another examination and reenters Foreign Service.
1975
Assigned as general services officer at the U.S. Embassy in Belgium.
1979
Assigned as division chief and deputy chief of the Office of Position and Pay Management in the U.S. State Department.
1983
Assigned as division chief of the Office of Management in the U.S. State Department.
1984
Promoted to director of the Office of Management in the U.S. State Department.
1987
Receives a certificate from the National War College in Washington, D.C. and is Assigned as embassy minister-counselor of administration at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China.
1991
Assigned as minister-counselor of administration at the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York, New York.
1993
Receives a certificate from the Defense Resources Management Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School.
1994
Confirmed by the United States Senate as United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
1998
Retires from the Foreign Service and Government
2017
Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and the Distinguished Humanitarian Award from Marquis Who’s Who.