1941
Dr. Rich is born in Newton, Kansas to Eldon Stahly and Margaret Joy Rich.
1962
Dr. Rich earns a Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College and Conservatory.
1966
Dr. Rich earns a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Kansas and begins a residency in internal medicine in Seattle, Washington.
1968
Dr. Rich becomes a clinical associate and then chief clinical associate and senior staff fellow of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
1971
Dr. Rich serves as a research associate at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, which is later followed by an appointment as an assistant in medicine at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now Brigham and Women’s Hospital).
1973
Dr. Rich becomes an assistant and then associate professor of microbiology, immunology, and internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.
1974
Dr. Rich marries Susan Jepsen Solliday and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
1977
Dr. Rich is appointed investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
1978
Dr. Rich is appointed full professor and head of the Immunology Section at Baylor College of Medicine.
1990
Dr. Rich is appointed vice president and dean of research at Baylor College of Medicine.
1991
Dr. Rich is appointed chairman of the board of directors of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
1995
Dr. Rich becomes a Distinguished Service Professor at Baylor College of Medicine.
1996
Dr. Rich is appointed Editor-in-Chief of the first edition of Clinical Immunology: Principles and Practice, the fifth edition of which was published in 2019.
1998
Dr. Rich is appointed executive associate dean and professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology at the Emory University School of Medicine.
2001
Dr. Rich is elected president and chairman of the board of directors of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB).
2003
Dr. Rich is appointed Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Immunology.
2004
Dr. Rich is appointed senior vice president for medicine and dean of the School of Medicine and professor of medicine and microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
2008
Dr. Rich receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Immunologists.
2012
Dr. Rich receives the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
2017
Dr. Rich is named Dean and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.