Porter, Harry Boone, 1923-

• 1923 Jan 10: Harry Boone Porter born in Louisville, KY to a prosperous family that founded the Porter Paint Company
• 1941: Graduated from St. Paul’s School (Concord, New Hampshire)
• 1943 - 1946 : Military service in Army during WWII
• 1947: B.A., Yale University
• 1947 Jun 28: Married Violet Monser
• 1950 Apr 12: Ordained as deacon in Episcopal Church
• 1950: S.T.B., Berkeley Divinity School
• 1950 - 1952 : Fellow and tutor, General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church
• 1952 Apr 16: Ordained as priest in the Episcopal Church
• 1952: S.T.M., General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church
• 1954: D.Phil., Oxford University
• 1954 - 1960 : Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Nashotah House, an Episcopal Seminary in Nashotah, Wisconsin
• 1960 Jul - 1960 Dec : Round the world trip; HPB spent the majority of his time in rural India, Thailand, Malaya, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Alaska.
• 1960: Author of The Day of Light: The Biblical and Liturgical Meaning of Sunday
• 1960 - 1970 : Professor of Liturgics, General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, NYC; established the first doctoral program in liturgical studies in the United States.
• 1961 - 1976 : Member of the Standing Liturgical Commission of the Episcopal Church
• 1962: Author of Samuel Seabury, Bishop in a New Nation
• 1967: Author of Ordination Prayers of the Ancient Western Churches
• 1967: Editor of Prayer Book for Armed Forces
• 1968: Author of Growth and Life in the Local Church
• 1970: Received National Rural Work Award
• 1970 - 1977 : Executive Director, Town and Country Church Institute, Roanridge, Kansas City, Missouri
• 1970 - 1982 : Served on the General Board of Examining Chaplains
• 1973 - 1975 : President, Associated Parishes for Liturgy and Mission, Inc.
• 1975 - 1982 : Dean, Leadership Academy for New Directions
• 1977: Author of Keeping the Church Year
• 1977 - 1990 : Editor of The Living Church
• 1979: Author of Jeremy Taylor, Liturgist (1613-1667)
• 1986: Appointed Honorary Canon, Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, Faribault, Minnesota
• 1986: Author of A Song of Creation
• 1990: Official retirement
• 1991: D.D. (honoris causa), General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church
• 1991: D.D. (honoris causa), Nashotah House
• 1993: Festschrift: Creation and Liturgy: Studies in Honor of H. Boone Porter, R. N. McMichael, ed.
• 1996: Master of Environmental Studies, Yale Forestry School
• 1997: D.D. (honoris causa), Berkeley Divinity School
• 1999 Jun 5: Died in Bridgeport, Connecticut

From the guide to the H. Boone Porter Papers, 1940-2003, 1954-1999, (Yale University Divinity School Library)