1940
Born to John Joseph Greytak and Cecilia Felicia (Schwartz) Greytak in Annapolis, MD.
1963
Earns a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1966
Marries Elizabeth “Betsy” Ann Bardeen.
1967
Obtains a Doctor of Philosophy in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1967
Teaches as an instructor, assistant professor and associate professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1977.
1967
Carries out an experimental program in low temperature physics through 2011.
1971
Is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow until 1973.
1972
Is a visiting scientist in the physics department at the University of California, San Diego until 1973.
1977
Teaches as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until retiring in 2011.
1988
Serves as head of the Division of Atomic, Condensed Matter and Plasma Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1997.
1993
Receives the Buechner Teaching Prize.
1994
Receives the MIT School of Science Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.
1997
Serves as interim physics department head at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1998 and again in 2007 and 2013.
1997
Is associate physics department head at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 2009.
2011
Is appointed professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
2015
Receives the International BEC Senior Prize.
2021
Continues to contribute as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Physical Society.