| Birth | 28 Apr 1915 | Victor, Iowa County, Iowa | | | |
| Residence | 4 Apr 1930 | with his parents at 1314 Elm Street - Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa | | | |
| Residence | 1 Apr 1935 | Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa | | | |
| Graduated | 1936 | Grinnell College with an AB degree, major economics - Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa | | | |
| Education | 1936 | but decided he didn't like the law - Austin, Travis County, Texas | | | |
| Education | 1936 | but decided he didn't like the law - Austin, Travis County, Texas | | | |
| Engagement | 18 Jun 1939 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan - Ruth Jacqueline BARTOO | | | |
| Marriage | 7 Sep 1939 | Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan - Ruth Jacqueline BARTOO | | | |
| Occupation | 5 Apr 1940 | instructor at Iowa State College - Ames, Story County, Iowa | | | |
| Residence (family) | 5 Apr 1940 | at 2823 West Street - Washington, Story County, Iowa - Ruth Jacqueline BARTOO | | | |
| Graduated | 1940 | the University of Chicago with a Ph.D. in Economics - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | From 1946 to 1962 | founding dean of the Carnegie-Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration - Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Occupation | 1962 | visiting scholar and later taught at Stanford Business School - Stanford, Placer County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1968 | at 661 Cabrillo Ave and was a professor at Stanford Univesity - Stanford, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1972 | at 661 Cabrillo Ave and was a professor at Stanford Univesity - Stanford, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1974 | at 661 Cabrillo Ave and was a professor at Stanford University - Stanford, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Death | 29 Sep 1994 | Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California | | | |