1936
Dr. Buckner is born in Springfield, Missouri to Ernest Godfrey and Mary Helen Buckner.
1958
Dr. Buckner receives a Bachelor of Arts from Williams College.
1960
Dr. Buckner receives a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1962
Dr. Buckner marries Lorraine Catherine Anderson.
1965
Dr. Buckner receives a Doctor of Philosophy in nuclear engineering from Stanford University.
1966
Dr. Buckner becomes a manager in the Analysis Department of EG&G, Inc. in Bedford, Massachusetts.
1970
Dr. Buckner becomes director of electronic data processing, controller, and vice president of financial operations at Eastern Gas & Fuel Association in Boston, Massachusetts.
1974
Dr. Buckner graduates from an Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
1977
Dr. Buckner becomes executive vice president, chief operating officer and director of Waters Association, Inc. in Milford, Massachusetts.
1980
Dr. Buckner becomes vice president and chief financial officer of Prime Computer, Inc. in Natick, Massachusetts.
1983
Dr. Buckner becomes senior vice president and chief financial officer of EG&G, Inc. in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
1986
Dr. Buckner becomes vice chairman and chief financial officer of Control Data Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1989
Dr. Buckner becomes chairman of Pensco Pension Services Inc. in San Francisco, California.
1994
Dr. Buckner becomes chairman of Bohdan Automation, Inc. in Mundelein, Illinois.
2016
Dr. Buckner is a founding member of Music Meme LLC in San Francisco, California.