1938
Born in The Bronx, New York, to Louis and Sophie Ultan.
1959
Graduates cum laude from Hunter College receiving a Bachelor of Arts.
1960
Receives a Master of Arts from Columbia University.
1964
Becomes an associate of Edward Williams College of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Hackensack, New Jersey.
1974
Becomes an assistant professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
1974
Named to the Hunter College Alumni Hall of Fame.
1979
Authors “The Beautiful Bronx, 1920-50.”
1981
Becomes a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
1983
Authors “Legacy of the Revolution: The Valentine-Varian House.”
1985
Co-authors “The Bronx in the Innocent Years, 1890-1925.”
1989
Authors “The Presidents of the United States.”
1993
Authors “The Bronx in the Frontier Era: From the Beginning to 1696.”
1994
Receives the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
1996
Appointed Bronx Borough Historian.
2000
Co-authors “Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictoral History of the Borough.”
2001
Receives the Book Award for Borough History from the New York Society Library.
2009
Authors “The Northern Borough: A History of The Bronx.”
2012
Authors “Blacks in the Colonial Bronx: A Documentary History.”
2014
Receives the key to the Borough of the Bronx.
2016
Receives the Distinguished Professor Award for Scholarship and Research from Fairleigh Dickinson University.