1928
Born to Frank Henry Spencer and Lillian (Godin) Spencer.
1948
Earns a Bachelor of Engineering in engineering from Yale University.
1948
Serves in the reserves of the US Army Signal Corps and Judge Advocate General Corps through 1958, attaining the rank of Captain.
1950
Serves on active duty with the US Army through 1951.
1952
Earns a Juris Doctor from Cornell University.
1952
Works as an examiner within the US Patent Office through 1955.
1955
Is an associate with Toulmin & Toulmin, Washington, D.C., through 1959.
1959
Is partner with Spencer & Kaye, later Spencer & Frank, in Washington, D.C., through 1998.
1979
Is a member of the Mediators of the U.S. International Trade Commission, Cosmos Club, and presently maintains membership.
1998
Is a partner with Venable LLP in Washington, D.C., through 2003.
2003
Is of counsel to intellectual property law firms through 2018.
2013
Receives the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.
2020
Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.