1933
Born in Riverton, Virginia to Jesse Allen and Elizabeth McCormick.
1953
Receives a Bachelor of Science from the University of Chattanooga.
1954
Marries Deanne P. McCormick.
1955
Receives a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee.
1956
Becomes an intern at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
1957
Receives a Master of Science from the University of Tennessee and becomes a resident and assistant in pathology.
1960
Becomes a diplomate in anatomic pathology through the American Board of Pathology, and an instructor and assistant professor at the University of Tennessee.
1961
Becomes deputy chief medical examiner in Tennessee, as well as special fellow and instructor of neuropathology at Columbia University.
1963
Becomes a member of the executive committee of basic medical sciences at the University of Tennessee.
1964
Becomes an associate professor of the University of Iowa.
1966
Becomes a diplomate in neuropathology through the American Board of Pathology.
1968
Promoted to full professor and chairman of the Surgery Department review committee at the University of Iowa.
1972
Authors “Increased Intracranial Pressure in Children” with W.E. Bell. This second edition in released in 1978.
1973
Becomes a professor of pathology, neurosurgery and neurology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
1979
Becomes a diplomate in forensic pathology through the American Board of Pathology.
1985
Becomes a clinical professor of pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
1985
Becomes a professor of pathology and neuropathology at the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University.
1990
Receives the Outstanding Contribution Award for neuropathology review course from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology.
2006
Becomes Professor Emeritus at East Tennessee State University.
2010
Retires from profession and becomes a private consultant in neuropathology and forensic pathology.