1955
Mr. Avery is born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to Leo A. Avery and Dedette Carol (Miles) Avery (currently Sullivan).
1970
Mr. Avery begins his career as a freelance reporter for The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record and New Era.
1973
Mr. Avery joins the U.S. Navy.
1975
Mr. Avery participates in rescue and first-stage relocation of Vietnamese refugees while serving aboard the USS Denver.
1991
Mr. Avery authors “Because” and “Hungry: Three Plays.”
1992
Mr. Avery authors “Insidious.”
1999
Mr. Avery authors “Burning Bridges.”
2001
Mr. Avery becomes a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
2002
Mr. Avery becomes a member of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and joins the leadership council of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
2003
Mr. Avery becomes a member of the American Jewish Committee and the Beit Hashoah Museum of Tolerance.
2004
Mr. Avery is appointed honorary co-chair of the President’s Dinner for George W. Bush and becomes a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
2005
Mr. Avery joins the president’s council of the World Jewish Congress and becomes a founding sponsor of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial.
2006
Mr. Avery serves as a production partner for “Ever Again,” a Moriah Films documentary and is included in the Republican Presidential Honor Roll by the National Republican Congressional Committee.
2007
Mr. Avery receives the Republican Senatorial American Spirit Medal and the Nahum Goldmann Leadership Award.
2008
Mr. Avery serves as a production partner for “Viva La Causa,” a Southern Poverty Law Center documentary.
2009
Mr. Avery becomes a founding sponsor of the National Museum of American Jewish History.
2012
Mr. Avery becomes a delegate for republicans of the Senatorial Election Platform Committee and receives the Gateway Award from Save Ellis Island, Inc.
2013
Mr. Avery receives the World Jewish Congress Medallion of Commitment.
2017
Mr. Avery is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.