1936
Dr. Lent is born in East Millsboro, Pennsylvania to John and Rose Lent.
1958
Dr. Lent receives a Bachelor of Science from Ohio University.
1960
Dr. Lent receives a Master of Science from Ohio University.
1960
Dr. Lent becomes an instructor in English, an assistant professor, and is appointed director of public relations at the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery, West Virginia.
1961
Dr. Lent studies in Guadalajara, Mexico.
1962
Dr. Lent receives a certificate from the University of Oslo in Norway.
1962
Dr. Lent becomes a Newhouse Research Assistant and assistant to the director of communication research at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.
1964
Dr. Lent becomes a lecturer at De La Salle College in Manila, Philippines.
1965
Dr. Lent receives a certificate from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan.
1966
Dr. Lent becomes an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
1967
Dr. Lent becomes an assistant professor of journalism and head of the Teacher’s Journalism Sequence at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
1969
Dr. Lent serves as a visiting associate professor at the University of Wyoming.
1972
Dr. Lent receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Iowa.
1972
Dr. Lent becomes a founding director of the Communications Program at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia.
1974
Dr. Lent becomes an associate professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1976
Dr. Lent is promoted to full professor of communication at Temple University.
1980
Dr. Lent receives a certificate from the Press Institute of India (PII).
1998
Dr. Lent establishes and becomes the founding editor of the International Journal of Comic Art.
2003
Dr. Lent marries Ying Xu.
2011
Dr. Lent is named Professor Emeritus at Temple University.