Chronology

1954

Born in Massachusetts

1968

Accepted into the prestigious Deerfield Academy prep school

1972

Enrolls in Hope College

1974

Enters university in Freiburg, Germany, as an exchange student

February 19, 1978

Disappears on the ice of Lake Michigan

1978-1979

May 5, 1979

Reappears in Massachusetts

Earns MA in linguistics from Ohio University

Moves to Saudi Arabia to teach English

Receives a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico