1933
Dr. Klinger is born in Vienna, Austria to Alfred and Auguste Klinger.
1943
Dr. Klinger immigrates to the United States.
1954
Dr. Klinger graduates magna cum laude from Harvard University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in social relations.
1954
Dr. Klinger becomes a research associate at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Evanston, Illinois.
1957
Dr. Klinger becomes a clinical psychology trainee at Hines and West Side VA Hospitals in Chicago, Illinois.
1960
Dr. Klinger receives a Doctor of Philosophy in psychology from the University of Chicago.
1960
Dr. Klinger marries Karla Ann Michelke and becomes an instructor in psychology at the University of Wisconsin.
1962
Dr. Klinger becomes an assistant professor of psychology and a coordinator of the psychology discipline at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
1969
Dr. Klinger becomes a full professor of psychology and a full member of the graduate faculty at the University of Minnesota.
1971
Dr. Klinger authors “Structure and Functions of Fantasy,” published by Wiley in New York, New York.
1977
Dr. Klinger authors “Meaning and Void, Inner Experience and the Incentives in People’s Lives,” published by the University of Minnesota Press.
1983
Dr. Klinger serves as a visiting professor of psychology at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.
1986
Dr. Klinger becomes a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for trail-blazing studies of imagery and fantasy.
1989
Dr. Klinger serves as a consultant for Stevens Community Memorial Hospital in Morris, Minnesota.
1990
Dr. Klinger is named an Outstanding Teacher in Undergraduate Psychology by the Minnesota Psychological Association.
1990
Dr. Klinger authors “Daydreaming,” published by Tarcher in Los Angeles, California.
1995
Dr. Klinger serves as a visiting professor in psychology at the University of Konstanz in Germany.
1996
Dr. Klinger serves as an associate editor of the “Encyclopedia of Psychology,” published by Oxford University Press and the American Psychological Association.
2005
Dr. Klinger receives the Henry A. Murray Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for distinguished contributions to the study of lives.
2006
Dr. Klinger is named Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University Minnesota.