1943
Is born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Francis M. Darter and Bertha Van Mondfrans Darter.
1963
Begins his career as a civil engineer with the Utah Department of Transportation until 1970.
1966
Completes a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering at the University of Utah.
1968
Earns a Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Utah.
1973
Graduates from the University of Texas at Austin with a Doctor of Philosophy in civil engineering.
1973
Is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through 2003.
1975
Works at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Laboratory until 1982.
1980
Is the co-founder of ERES Consultants Inc. until 1999.
1999
Is the principal engineer for Applied Research Associates Inc. until 2022.
2003
Holds the designation of emeritus professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign through today.
2006
Serves as executive director of the Pavement Research Institute until 2010.
2010
Serves as the vice president of the 95th Bomb Group Memorials Foundation until 2016.
2010
Is the engineer of record for the CORE I-15 Highway Construction Project with the Utah Department of Transportation until 2012.
2014
Authors “’Gone with the Wind,’ He Said: The Cold Case Search for my Missing-In-Action Airman Brother” with Xlibris Press.
2015
Is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Utah Department of Transportation and Utah ACPA.
2016
Is principal investigator for the Missouri Division Federal Highway Administration’s Missouri Division until 2017.
2017
Receives the Hartmann-Hirschman-Egan Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Concrete Pavement Association.
2019
Serves as a technical expert for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation until 2022.
2023
Receives the Carlos Jofre Award from EUPAVE, the European Concrete Paving Association.
2024
Authors “Vanished in Valor: the Cold Case Search for My MIA Brother.”