Figure 1:
Timeline_
| Year | Age (years) | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Born, Washington, DC | |
| 1945 | 15 | Entered MIT |
| 1955 | 25 | PhD (Theoretical Physics), MIT |
| 1955–56 | Operations Research Office, Johns Hopkins | |
| 1956–57 | Fellow, CASBS, Palo Alto | |
| 1957–59 | Asst. Prof., GSIA, Carnegie Inst. of Technology | |
| 1959–63 | Asst. Prof., Sociology, U of Chicago | |
| 1960 | 30 | PhD (Sociology), Princeton |
| 1963 | Harvard (Assoc. Prof. 1963, Prof. 1968) | |
| 1963 | Anatomy of Kinship published | |
| 1965 | Canvasses and Careers (H. White, C. White) | |
| 1970 | Chains of Opportunity published | |
| 1971 | F. Lorrain, H.C. White, structural equivalence | |
| 1971 | ASA Sorokin Award (distinguished publication) | |
| 1973 | Guggenheim Fellow | |
| 1975 | 45 | National Academy of Sciences, elected member |
| 1975 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
| 1975 | ASA Stouffer Methodology Award | |
| 1975–76 | Blockmodels, first publications | |
| 1981 | Markets, first publications | |
| 1986 | Departed Harvard for Arizona | |
| 1988 | Departed Arizona for Columbia |