1935
Born in Hurley, South Dakota to Jacob Roy and Selma Preheim.
1956
Receives an Associate of Arts from Freeman Junior College in Freeman, South Dakota.
1957
Receives a Bachelor of Arts from Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas.
1958
Marries Marion Kathryn Keeney.
1960
Receives a Bachelor of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana.
1960
Serves as program director of the Mennonite Central Committee of the Mennonite Church in Algiers, Algeria.
1962
Becomes peace secretary for the General Conference Mennonite Church in Newton, Kansas.
1965
Becomes director of Africa and the Middle East for the General Conference Mennonite Church.
1974
Becomes chairman of the General Board of Directors of the General Conference Mennonite Church.
1975
Becomes director of Asia for the General Conference Mennonite Church.
1975
Joins the board of Habitat for Humanity.
1996
Becomes coordinator of resource development for the Mennonite Central Committee.
2002
Becomes manager of a nonprofit used book store with donated books and volunteers.