1932
Mr. Severo is born in Newburgh, New York to Thomas and Mary Theresa Severo.
1954
Mr. Severo receives a Bachelor of Arts from Colgate University and begins his career as a news assistant for CBS in New York City.
1956
Mr. Severo serves as a reporter for the Poughkeepsie New Yorker (now the Poughkeepsie Journal).
1957
Mr. Severo serves as a reporter for Associated Press in Newark, New Jersey.
1961
Mr. Severo marries Emöke Edith de Papp and becomes a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune.
1963
Mr. Severo serves as a writer for television news at CBS.
1964
Mr. Severo studies at the Columbia University School of Architecture and Urban Planning (now the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation).
1966
Mr. Severo serves as a reporter for The Washington Post and becomes an associate for Seminar on the City at Columbia University.
1967
Mr. Severo receives the Front Page Award from the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.
1968
Mr. Severo joins the staff of The New York Times Company, serving as a foreign correspondent, a feature writer, a feature obituary reporter, and a scientific and environmental reporter.
1969
After two years covering criminal courts and the drug addiction problem, Mr. Severo is appointed the New York Times Chief of Bureau in Mexico City, covering Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America.
1975
Mr. Severo receives The George Polk Award from Long Island University.
1977
Columbia University presents Mr. Severo with The Mike Berger Award, named for a late reporter for the New York Times.
1982
Mr. Severo receives the Page One Award from the Newspaper Guild of New York and the Media Award from Agent Orange Victims International.
1985
Mr. Severo serves as a visiting lecturer of American culture at Vassar College and authors “Lisa H.: The True Story of an Extraordinary and Courageous Woman.”
1989
Mr. Severo co-authors “The Wages of War.”
1990
Mr. Severo receives the National Commander’s Award from The American Legion.
1992
Mr. Severo receives the Special Writing Award from the Society of the Silurians.
2002
Mr. Severo establishes the Thomas and Mary Memorial Scholarship for students majoring in music and Italian at Vassar College.
2015
Mr. Severo starts the Balmville Citizens Association to extend the life of the Balmville Tree, a 318-year-old giant cottonwood that gained admiration from President Roosevelt and was declared a landmark when George Washington built his headquarters in Newburgh during the American Revolution.