1931
Born to Lawrence Franklin Linfoot and Marion Alfreda (Stinson) Linfoot in Grand Forks, ND.
1949
Graduates from Central High School in Grand Forks, ND.
1953
Achieves a BA from the University of North Dakota.
1955
Earns a BS and MS in physiology and pharmacology from the University of North Dakota; Marries Donna Mae Dahlstrom on August 7.
1957
Earns an MD from Harvard Medical School; Completes residencies and a fellowship at the University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals by 1961.
1961
Is a research associate at Donner Laboratory until 1978; Is a member of Eastbay Clown Club until 1963.
1968
Is a visiting lecturer of pharmacology at the University of North Dakota until 1974.
1969
Serves the University of California, Berkeley as a guest lecturer of physiology and endocrinology and a coordinator of biochemistry until 1979.
1970
Serves Alta Bates Hospital as director of the Endocrine Laboratory, Endocrine and Metabolic Service and Pituitary Center and committee chairman until 1985.
1970
Becomes a consultant in endocrinology to the Children’s Hospital of East Bay and now holds an emeritus role.
1976
Is a clinical professor of medicine and a lecturer at the University of California, Davis until attaining emeritus status in 2013.
1978
Is a senior staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory until 1981.
1979
Serves as director of the Bay Reference Laboratory until 1982.
1982
Is a lecturer to the Federal Aviation Administration until 2008.
1985
Is the director of the Diabetes and Endocrine Institute at Providence Hospital until 1991.
1991
Is director of the Diabetes & Endocrine Institute at Summit Medical Center until 1993; Is an endocrinology consultant to the VA Outpatient Clinic until retiring in 2020.
1992
Serves as director of the Diabetes and Endocrine Institute in Lafayette, CA until retiring in 2021.
1994
Is the medical director of Health and Nutrition Technology in Carmel, CA until 2004.
2007
Moves his endocrinology practice to Lafayette, CA and is honored as a Top Doctor of Lafayette from 2016 to 2020.
2021
Maintains membership with the Endocrine Society, American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists.