| July 24, 1926 | Born in Salt Lake City, UT (Prescott Apartments, 1156? First Ave.) |
| late 1920’s - early 1930’s | During depression spent summers with mother Ella at her family’s home along Balsam Lake, WI |
| 1934 | Took up flute |
| 1938 | Principal flutist for Salt Lake City Symphony |
| February 22, 1941 | Fell while skiing at Alta and snapped a cartilage in his knee |
| 1941 | First job, working at Safeway |
| 1941 - 1943 | Worked at Ogden arsenal loading and offloading tank parts |
| July 1943 - June 1944 | Started freshman year at Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, CA |
| March 12, 1944 | Pete MacDonald and he went to San Francisco, CA to enlist in the Navy. Dick entered the V-12 program, officer’s training |
| July ~1, 1944 - July 1945 | U.S. Navy V-12 officer training program, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO |
| July 1945 - September 1945 | U.S. Naval Hospital in Glenwood Springs, CO for physical review (of heart murmur) |
| October 1945 - June 1946 | Started Junior Year at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| June 1946 - September 1946 | Road repair crew for Salt Lake County, UT |
| September 1946 - June 1947 | Senior Year at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| June 1947 - September 1947 | Mechanic’s Helper for overhaul of a Utah Power and Light Co. facility in SLC, UT |
| August 25 - September 3, 1947 | Dick’s solo trip into Monument Valley, AZ and UT |
| September 1947 - June 1948 | Started post-Senior Year at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree |
| June 1948 - September 1948 | Survey crew for Utah Power and Light |
| September 1948 - ~October 1949 | Test Engineer for General Electric in Erie, PA, then Lynn, MA |
| ~October 1949 - March 1951 | Electrical engineering training program for International General Electric in Schenectady, NY |
| Dec. 29, 1949 | Married Margaret Eleanor Hawkins, First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, OK |
| March 1951 - April 1953 | Systems or Project Engineer for California Research and Development Co. (subsidiary of Standard Oil of CA) in San Francisco (living there and after 6 months in San Mateo), then transferred (and moved) to Livermore, CA (working at Laurence Livermore Labs) with same job. See LLNL Sewell history and LLNL history for background on this job. |
| November 17, 1951 | Peter’s birth, San Francisco, CA |
| April 1953 - September 1954 | Draftsman and Test Engineer and Lab Supervisor for Universal Electric Western Co., Colorado Springs, CO; working on fractional horsepower motors |
| October 12, 1954 | Elizabeth’s birth, Tulsa, OK |
| October 1954 | Moved to Kent, OH. [Mom and Peter flew to Tulsa in August due to airplane regulations about pregnancies. Dick came from Colorado Springs in early October for Lib’s birth, then went to Kent to find an apartment, and Margie, Peter and Lib followed him to Kent later in October.] |
| October 1954 - June 1966 | Applications Engineer and General Sales Manager for Lamb Electric, Division of Ametek in Kent, OH |
| Fall 1955 | Moved to Chagrin Falls, OH, Chagrin Blvd. |
| January 7, 1956 | Anne’s birth, Chagrin Falls, OH |
| ~1957 | Move to 247? Bentleyville Rd., Chagrin Falls, OH |
| August 3, 1958 | John’s birth, Chagrin Falls, OH |
| ~1962? | Purchased barn and lot outside Chagrin Falls, sold about time of move to Hudson |
| June 1965 | Moved to Hudson, OH, purchased first house (154 Streetsboro Rd.) |
| June 1966 - October 1981 | Sales Engineer and General Manager, then Vice President of Manufacturing for Milbar Corp., initially in Cleveland, then company moved to Chagrin Falls, OH |
| Summer 1968 | Family trip to El Salvador to visit Cornell roommate Carlos Escobar’s family |
| ~1969? | Co-purchased cabin near Little Valley, NY with Garretts family |
| ~1970 | Moved to Tannery Acres in Hudson |
| November 1972 | Separation and move to farmhouse on Rt. 700, Hiram, OH |
| Summer? 1973 | Purchased farmhouse on Rt. 82, Hiram, OH |
| December 1973 | Divorce |
| December 28, 1973 | Married Priscilla Putnam, at sister Phyllis’ home, Chagrin Falls, OH |
| November 1974 | Little Valley, NY cabin burned down |
| August 1976 | Family hike through the southern half of the Sierras on the John Muir Trail |
| October 22, 1976 | Condar officially incorporated in Ohio |
| April 1979 | Son Peter joins forces with Dick to run Condar |
| December 2, 1980 | First patent, #4236578, (of over 22) awarded for Heat exchange enhancement structure - Chimfins! |
| October 1981 - July 1985 | Dick begins full time work on Condar - a start-up instrument manufacturing company, Hiram, OH |
| July 1985 - September 1993 | Founded and operated start-up catalytic converter manufacturing company - Camet Co., Hiram, OH |
| ~1985 | Move to Kenyon Dr., Hiram, OH |
| June 30, 1986 | Resigned as President of Condar, turning it over to Peter and Paula |
| July 10, 1986 | Agreement to sell Camet rights and technology to Grace; thereafter operating Camet under contract to Grace |
| ~July 24, 1986 | Big 60th birthday party |
| March 31, 1987 | Actual transfer of Camet stock to Grace |
| 1989 | Member, Duke’s Forestry Board of Visitors |
| May 23, 1991 - June 30, 1996 | Duke School of the Environment (now the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences) Board of Visitors |
| December 1992 | Priscilla diagnosed with cancer of the peritoneal lining |
| 1993 - 2001 | Trustee of Deep Springs College |
| ~September 1993 | Camet sold outright to Grace and Dick retires with a big (300+ people) retirement party at the Walden Barn |
| September 1993 - July 1995 | Caregiver for Priscilla in Hiram, OH and Philadelphia, PA |
| July 18, 1995 | Priscilla’s death to cancer |
| ~1995 - 2000 | Chair, Capital Campaign Committee |
| July 1995 - 2001 | Chair of the Board of Trustees, Deep Springs College |
| 1995-1998 | Worked with David Michael to market and promote Chemsite, molecular modeling software |
| ~1996 | Awarded membership in the Washington Duke Club Fellows |
| ~April 1998 | Moved to Boulder, CO |
| ~1999-2002 | Founding Chair of the Investment Committee of Deep Springs College |
| January 9, 2001 | Marriage to Kathleen Ruff, at Justice of the Peace’s office, Boulder, CO |
| April 9, 2001 | Catacel founded |
| September 2001 | Awarded the Deep Springs Medal - the 5th time ever presented |
| November 2003 | Moved out of Boulder to townhouse in Estes Park, CO |
| March 25, 2004 | Died of heart attack in Smithers, BC |
