1941
Dr. Rose is born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Elmer Johnson and Dorothy Porter.
1963
Dr. Rose receives a Bachelor of Arts from Earlham College.
1963
Dr. Rose serves as staff assistant for Congressman Richard L. Roudebush.
1964
Dr. Rose becomes assistant dean of George School.
1966
Dr. Rose becomes assistant director of admissions at Mount Holyoke College.
1970
Dr. Rose receives a Master of Arts from Indiana State University.
1971
Dr. Rose serves as assistant director of correspondence for First Lady Pat Nixon.
1972
Dr. Rose is appointed Head of Scheduling and Projects for First Lady Pat Nixon.
1974
Dr. Rose becomes Head of Scheduling and Projects for First Lady Betty Ford.
1977
Dr. Rose becomes special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General of the Office for Improvements in the Administration of Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice.
1980
Dr. Rose marries Johnathan Chapman Rose.
1981
Dr. Rose becomes Chief of Staff for Barbara Bush and assistant to the Vice President, George H.W. Bush.
1989
Dr. Rose becomes deputy assistant to the President, George H.W. Bush.
1991
Dr. Rose receives the Distinguished Alumni Award from Indiana State University.
1992
Dr. Rose receives the Distinguished Alumni Award from Earlham College.
1993
Dr. Rose becomes commissioner of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.
2002
Dr. Rose receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
2017
Dr. Rose is named a Distinguished Humanitarian by Marquis Who’s Who.