1940
Mr. Foley is born in Neptune, New Jersey to John and Juana Foley.
1963
Mr. Foley receives a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from Cornell University.
1963
Mr. Foley becomes a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.
1965
Mr. Foley receives a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.
1985
Mr. Foley begins his career as a literary critic.
1987
Mr. Foley authors “Letters/Lights-Words for Adelle.”
1988
Mr. Foley becomes executive producer-in-charge of the Poetry Program at station KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California.
1989
Mr. Foley serves as secretary of the San Francisco chapter of the National Poetry Association.
1990
Mr. Foley becomes editor-in-chief of Poetry USA in Oakland, California.
1990
Mr. Foley serves as program director of PEN Oakland.
1991
Mr. Foley authors “Gershwin.”
1992
Mr. Foley receives a poetry grant from the Oakland Arts Council.
1993
Mr. Foley authors “Inciting Big Joy” and “Adrift.”
1994
Mr. Foley serves as a resident artist at The Djerassi Program.
1995
Mr. Foley authors “O Her Blackness Sparkles! The Life and Times of the Batman Art Gallery, San Francisco, 1960-1965.”
1998
Mr. Foley authors “Saint James” and serves as editor and co-editor of “Advice to the Lovelorn” and “New Poetry From California: Dead, Requiem.”
2000
Mr. Foley authors “Foley’s Books: California Rebels, Beats and Radicals” and “O Powerful Western Star.”
2010
Mr. Foley receives the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Berkeley Poetry Festival.
2010
June 5, 2010 is named Jack Foley Day in Berkeley, California.
2016
Mr. Foley authors “Grief Songs,” “Tiger and Other Tales,” and “RIVERRUN.”