| 1913 | born, Chicago, IL |
| 1930-32 | attends Harvard College, Cambridge, MA |
| 1932-33 | attends Bauhaus (Berlin), works in Mies' office |
| 1934-37 | works in Chicago architectural offices of George and Fred Keck, Paul Schweiker, and Howard Fisher |
| 1937 | opens his own office, starts single family residences - Abrams, Mullins, Ancell. |
| 1938 | Noth Pole Ice Cream Store, Clark Maple Gasoline Station , Jacobs residence |
| 1939-43 | Standard Houses in Maryland and Illinois with Gilmer Black |
| 1946 | marries Nancy Florsheim |
| 1946 | prefab bathrooms, establishes Standard Fabrication Co. |
| 1950-53 | Consulting architect to Pressed Steel Car Co. for Unicel and Unishelter |
| 1952 | Snyder House, NY |
| 1954 | Kansas City Apartment Project Award, Progressive Architecture |
| 1956 | Michael Todd's Cinestage Theatre, IL |
| 1957 | Drexel Gardens, IL |
| 1960 | Marina City construction starts |
| 1963 | Astor Tower completed. Maxim's de Paris opens. |
| 1963 | Brenneman School, IL |
| 1963 | ABC Tower proposal, NY |
| 1964 | Marina City Theater and Office Building |
| 1965 | master plan, Affiliated Hospital Center, MA |
| 1966 | Hilliard Center, public housing, IL |
| 1967 | Elgin Hospital, IL |
| 1967 | West Palm Beach Auditorium, FL |
| 1968-74 | Health Science Center, Stonybrook, NY |
| 1969 | San Diego Theater proposal, CA |
| 1970 | Trinidad Master Plan, Venezuela |
| 1974 | Prentice Women's Hospital, IL, and Dana Cancer Center, MA |
| 1975 | St. Joseph Hospital, WA |
| 1979 | Night World proposal, FL |
| 1982 | Good Samaritan Hospital, AZ |
| 1983 | Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA |
| 1984 | Floating Worlds's Fair, Chicago, IL |
| 1986 | River City, IL |
| 1990 | Providence Hospital, AL |
| 1992 | Wright College, IL |
| 1997 | deceased, Chicago, IL |