1946
Mr. Trent is born in Brooklyn, New York to Alfred and Helen Trent.
1966
Mr. Trent receives an associate degree in applied science from the State University of New York at Farmingdale.
1968
Mr. Trent serves as assistant editor of The Georgia Agriculturalist at the University of Georgia School of Agriculture.
1969
Mr. Trent receives a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia.
1969
Mr. Trent becomes a junior landscape architect for the Department of Public Works in New York City, New York.
1970
Mr. Trent is promoted to assistant landscape architect for the Department of Public Works.
1975
Mr. Trent becomes founder and President of the Queens County Farm Museum.
1979
Mr. Trent becomes chief of professional contracts for the Department of General Services.
1984
Mr. Trent becomes assistant to the director of bureau building design for the Department of General Services.
1989
Mr. Trent authors the foreword to “Illustrated History of the Manhattan Municipal Building.”
1989
Mr. Trent serves as a co-curator of an exhibit on the 75th anniversary of the construction of the Manhattan Municipal Building.
1992
Mr. Trent becomes a project manager for Architectural Specialties at the Department of General Services.
1993
Mr. Trent is appointed chief of the professional contracts section for the NYC Department of General Services.
1995
Mr. Trent becomes a charter member of the Joint Bellerose Business District Development Corporation, Incorporated.
1996
Mr. Trent becomes chief professional of the contracts section of the Department of Design & Construction.
1997
Mr. Trent is elected vice president of the Joint Bellerose Business District Development Corporation, Incorporated.
2001
Mr. Trent retires from the Department of Design & Construction.
2002
Mr. Trent receives the Liberty Award Medal from the New York State Senate.
2005
Mr. Trent is elected president of the Metropolitan Historic Structures Association.
2016
Mr. Trent receives the Queen Impact Award from Times-Ledger Newspapers.