1939
Dr. McChesney is born in Hatfield, Missouri to Ernest Perry and Florence Iona McChesney.
1959
Dr. McChesney marries Sally Ann Cassidy.
1961
Dr. McChesney receives a Bachelor of Science in chemical technology from Iowa State University of Science and Technology.
1962
Dr. McChesney becomes a National Science Foundation fellow.
1964
Dr. McChesney receives a Master of Arts in botany from Indiana University.
1965
Dr. McChesney receives a Doctor of Philosophy in organic chemistry from Indiana University.
1965
Dr. McChesney joins the faculty of The University of Kansas.
1967
Dr. McChesney becomes an Eli Lilly Research fellow.
1968
Dr. McChesney receives the Outstanding Teaching Award from The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy.
1978
Dr. McChesney joins the faculty of The University of Mississippi.
1985
Dr. McChesney is named a Fulbright Lecturer.
1986
Dr. McChesney is appointed director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Mississippi.
1993
Dr. McChesney becomes a Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard Professor at the University of Mississippi.
1996
Dr. McChesney becomes Vice President of Development at NaPro BioTherapeutics, Inc. in Boulder, Colorado.
2003
Dr. McChesney becomes chief scientific officer of Tapestry Pharmaceuticals in Boulder, Colorado.
2003
Dr. McChesney becomes chief scientific officer of ChromaDex Inc. in Boulder, Colorado.
2009
Dr. McChesney founds Ironstone Separations Inc. in Oxford, Mississippi, serving as principal.
2010
Dr. McChesney founds Arbor Therapeutics, LLC in Etta, Mississippi, serving as managing director.
2014
Dr. McChesney founds Cloaked Therapeutics, LLC in Etta, Mississippi, serving as chief executive officer and chairman.
2016
Dr. McChesney becomes a fellow of the American Society of Pharmacognosy.