1943
Born to Virgil Ellsworth Herrick; Eddie Lee (McCoy) Herrick.
1966
Earns an Associate of Science from Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, MI.
1968
Earns a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Michigan State University.
1968
Marries Meredyth Margaret Ponicki on July 13.
1968
Is a member of the technical staff of AT&Y’s Bell Telephone Laboratories in Naperville, IL, through 1979.
1968
Earns a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Purdue University.
1979
Is a senior member of the technical staff at International Telephone and Telegraph’s Advanced International Technology Laboratory.
1980
Serves as the head of the Electrical Engineering Technical at the University of Toledo.
1986
Is the Engineering Technology Department chairman and EET Program Leader at the University of Toledo.
1989
Teaches as an associate professor of electronics engineering and is an electrical engineering technician at Purdue University.
1990
Is a faculty adviser for the Epsilon Tau Sigma Veterans Fraternity at Purdue University and presently maintains this role.
1992
Teaches as a professor and is the assistant department head as well as an electrical engineering technician at Purdue University.
1992
Is the faculty adviser for the Purdue Bicycle Team and presently maintains this role.
1999
Is named a Robert A. Hoffer Distinguished Professor by Purdue University and presently maintains this title.
2001
Is the department head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Department at Purdue University through 2010.
2014
Receives the James H. McGraw Award from the American Society for Engineering Education.