1940 Born in Monroe, Washington
1958-60 Attends Everett Junior College, Everett, Washington
1958-62 Attends University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, receives B.A.
1962-64 Attends Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, Connecticut Receives B.F.A. in 1963, M.F.A. in 1964, both with highest honors
1964-65 Receives Fulbright Grant to study in Vienna, Austria
1973 Receives National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1991 Receives Skowhegan Medal for Painting
1992 Elected member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York
1996 Resident artist at The American Academy in Rome, Italy
1998 Elected Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2000 Awarded National Medal of Arts, Washington, D.C.
Awarded the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Magazine Photography from Life Magazin