Dan M. Davis

TIMELINE

 

18 April 1944 - Born in Holden Hospital, Carbondale IL

Father William T. Davis III, CPA in Carbondale, Mother Evelyn E. Davis,
Two Brothers, William T. Davis IV, Age 12, Edward J. Davis, Age 2

June 1944 - Moved to Buffalo, NY

Where Father, now a LTJG, had been sent by Navy
June 1945, WTD IV Graduated from 8th Grade

June 1945 - Moved back to Carbondale IL,

Father released from Active Duty, August 1945
Admitted to Law School September 1945

November 1946- Moved to Student Housing Urbana IL;

Father attended U of Ill. Law School
First memories are of life there, tonsillectomy, getting into trouble, ...
WTD IV graduated from University High School, Urbana, IL
May 1949 - Maternal Grandmother Pearl Goodin Eisfelder dies in Illinois, liver cancer

June 1949 - Moved to Pinknyville, IL

Lived with Maternal Grandparents
Father took bar exam

September 1949 - Moved to Carbondale, IL

Lived in house on Beverage St, with family, including Maternal Grandfather,
WTD IV, brother, in SIU,
Ed, brother, in primary and secondary school

1949-55 - Attended Brush Elementary School, Carbondale

February 1950 - Brother Mark Davis born in Belleville, IL
April 1950 - Maternal Grandfather, Edward Eisfelder dies, heart attack
October 1951 - WTD IV called to active duty, USNR

Fall 1955 - Moved to Colorado Springs, CO

1955-56 - Attended Caņon Elementary School

1956-58 - Attended Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School

1958-62 - Attended Cheyenne Mountain High School

1960-62 - Worked as Apprentice Pharmacist, Skiffington's on Nevada Ave

1960 Brother Ed graduates from Cheyenne Mountain High School
Ed goes to Southern Illinois University

1962-64 - Attended University of Colorado, Boulder CO

1962-64 - School year, worked part-time as waiter/fry cook in Tulagi's, a beer hall

Summers 63 & 64 - Worked as brakeman on Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway

Fall 1964 - Moved to Lake Bluff IL with Brother Ed; Brother Bill got job for me

1964-67 - Worked for Abbott Laboratories as Engineering Technician extracting antibiotics

1967-1971 - Pvt to Sgt. USMC, California, Florida, DC, Vietnam, N. Carolina, Thailand.

Fall 1968 - Met and began courting Linda Marie Schaefer

April 1971 - Released from Active Duty, Hon Disch.

Summer 1971 - Worked at Abbott Laboratories as Engineering Technician in Environmental Department

14 August 1971 - Married Linda Marie Schaefer, Takoma Park MD

1971-1973 - Attended University of Colorado, Boulder CO, Emphasis - Quantitative Psychology

Fall 1971 - Promoted to SSgt, USMCR

1973 - Admitted to Univ. of Colorado MBA program, did core courses while still undergrad

August 1973 - BA in Psychology, University of Colorado

1973-75 - Admitted to and attended Univ. of Colorado School of Law

1973-75 - Duty as CTI-1 in US Naval Reserve, (weekend drills, summer two-week training)

12 March 1974 - Daughter Laurel Kathleen born in Boulder Colorado

Summer 1975 - Commissioned as Ensign, US Naval Reserve, 1615, Cryptologic, Restricted Line

December 1975 - Graduated with Juris Doctor, one term early, having attended two summer terms

March 1976 - Admitted to Colorado, Federal District (Colo) and 10th Circuit Appeals Courts.

Spring 1976 - Moved to Colorado Springs, to practice law there with Father

1976-85 - Attorney in Colorado Spring (general practice, clean record - no malpractice suits, no disbarment)

February 1976 - Paternal Grandmother Emma Kerns Davis dies in Illinois, dementia and pneumonia

11 June 1977 - Daughter Andrea Marie born in Colorado Springs CO

January 1977 - Paternal Grandfather William Thompson Davis II dies in Illinois, kidney failure

28 May 1980 - Daughter Corinne Michelle born in Colorado Springs, CO

1983 - Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court

07 December 1984 - Father William T. Davis III dies in Colorado, colon cancer

1985-88 - Worked at Martin Marietta, Waterton CO as Contract Administrator on Classified Project

Spring 1988 - Accepted position with Martin at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA

Summer 1988 - Moved to La Cañada CA

1988-92 - Worked on ASAS project at JPL as Software Engineer/Classification Manager

1992-98 - Appointed Assistant Director, Center for Advanced Computing Research, Caltech, Pasadena CA

1998-2001 - Associate Director, Strategic Development, Information Sciences Institute, Univ. of Southern California

Spring 2001 - Member of Univ. of Hawai'i Proposal Team for Maui High Performance Computing Center contract

2001-02 - Director of Contracts and Finance, Maui High Performance Computing Center, Kihei, HI

2002 - Retired as Commander, USNR, Cryptologic Specialty

2002 - Present - Director JESPP Project, Information Sciences Institute, USC, Marina del Rey CA

June 2003 - Mother, Evelyn Eisfelder Davis dies in Colorado, multiple organ failure and pneumonia

March 2003 - Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, chemo and radiation therapy

March 2005 - Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma did not reappear, indications of complete success

Fall 2006 - Moved to Culver City CA