1937
Born to Emanuel John Mickel and Mildred Mickel
1959
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University.
1959
Marries Kathleen Russell.
1963
Serves as a captain in the U.S. Army until 1965.
1965
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Carolina.
1965
Teaches as an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
1967
Teaches as an associate professor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
1968
Teaches as an associate professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
1973
Teaches as a professor at Indiana University Bloomington.
1976
Becomes the director of the Medieval Studies Institute at Indiana University Bloomington.
1984
Serves as the chairman of the department of French and Italian at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1995.
1989
Writes “Ganelon, Treason, and the ‘Chanson de Roland.’”
1999
Writes “Les Enfances Godefroi and Le Retour de Cornumarant.”
2006
Becomes a visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge.
2009
Serves as the chairman of the department of French and Italian at Indiana University in Bloomington.
2011
Is promoted to officier of L’Ordre des Palmes Academiques.
2015
Is named professor emeritus at Indiana University in Bloomington.