1933
Born to Hugh Baskerville and Alta Eugenia (Stampley) Dorris in Holly Bluff, MS.
1956
Earns a Bachelor of Science with distinction from Mississippi College.
1956
Teaches biology in public schools in Benton, MS.
1957
Teaches biology in public schools in Wilmot, AK.
1961
Teaches biology in public schools in Pontotoc, MS.
1962
Is a graduate assistant at the University of Mississippi through 1966.
1963
Earns a Master of Science from the University of Mississippi.
1966
Teaches as a professor at Henderson State University through 1996.
1967
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Mississippi.
1967
Is a member of the Arkansas Education Association and the American Association of University Women through 1978.
1967
Is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma through 1980.
1968
Is a member of the American Association of University Professors through 1978.
1972
Is a professor and chairman of the department of biology at Henderson State University through 1996.