1934
Born in Sheridan, Wyoming to Joseph Ralph and Marta Elizabeth Hylton.
1955
Receives a Bachelor of Science in pre-medicine from the University of Wyoming.
1959
Receives a Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University.
1959
Becomes an intern at Colorado General Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
1960
Commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
1962
Becomes a resident in anesthesiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
1965
Serves as chief of anesthesia and operating room services as the 7520th U.S. Air Force Hospital in London, United Kingdom.
1969
Serves as chief of anesthesia and operating room services at Malcolm Grow U.S. Air Force Hospital in Washington, D.C.
1970
Becomes an anesthesiologist at Deaconess Medical Center and St. Vincent Hospital and Health Center in Billings, Montana.
1978
Becomes an anesthesiologist at North Rockies Surgicenter in Billings, Montana.
1983
Advances through the grades to colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
1988
Serves as a consultant at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre, Montana.
1990
Serves as a consultant at Community Memorial Hospital in Sidney, Montana.