1937
Born to Lester Leroy and Ruth Florence (Kessler) Boyer in Hanover, PA.
1955
Enlists in the National Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Pennsylvania State University through 1957.
1958
Marries Patricia Barbara Hayes on Dec. 28.
1960
Earns a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
1960
Is an instructor of architectural engineering at Pennsylvania State University through 1964.
1964
Works as a research engineer for the Armstrong Cork Company in Lancaster, PA, through 1968.
1964
Earns a Master of Science in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
1964
Is the course director within the National Society of Professional Engineers through 1974.
1968
Is a senior consultant for acoustics and noise control within Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. in Cambridge, MA, through 1970.
1970
Is a faculty member within and the director of the Environmental Control Program at Oklahoma State University through 1984.
1976
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy in architecture from the University of California Berkeley.
1979
Teaches as a professor of architecture at Oklahoma State University through 1984.
1984
Teaches as a professor of architecture at Texas A&M University through 1996.
1987
Writes “Earth Shelter Technology.”
1988
Is chairman of the division of design technology within the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University through 1990.
1992
Is the editor of “Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Underground Space and Earth Sheltered Structures.”
1994
Receives the Graduate Teaching Award from Texas A&M University.
1997
Is a visiting professor and chair of the Department of Architecture at Kuwait University.
1999
Is named professor emeritus by Texas A&M University and presently maintains this title.
2018
Receives the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.