| 1911 | On May 4th George was born in Yonkers, New York. |
| 1925 | Started taking photographs with a folding Kodak. |
| 1926-1930 | Attended Barnard School for Boys, Fieldston, New York. |
| 1927 | Did cast drawing at Grand Central Art School, New York City. |
| 1930-1934 | Attended Yale University and received BA in Liberal Arts with a concentration in drawing. |
| 1933 | First trip to Europe; began 35m photography; England, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Austrian Tyrol. |
| 1934-1940 | Did freelance photography and portraits in New York City. |
| 1937 | Studied at the Art Students League, New York City. |
| 1937 | Painted and photographed on first trip to Monhegan Island, Maine. |
| 1938 | Did photo story on Grand Manan fishing industry; this was published nationwide and in Canada; also did numerous paintings of island life. |
| 1939 | Worked on and acted in documentary film, Light for the Traveler, New York City; went to Hollywood to photograph Ramon Novarro. |
| 1940 | Studied art under Carl Nelson at the American People's School, Bronx, New York. |
| 1942-1944 | United States Army; did numerous paintings and sketches of army life. |
| 1944 | Returned to freelance photography in New York City; purchased house on Fire Island and continued to paint. |
| 1946 | Took 35,000-mile trip through the United States, Canada, and Mexico; made documentary film of this trip. |
| 1947 | Won The Jennie Sesnan Gold Medal for painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts |
| 1948 | Photographed Georgia O'Keeffe on Fire Island; travelled to Europe on the freighter Topa Topa with Tom Heggen, author of Broadway play Mister Roberts; toured Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome, French Riviera and Capri. |
| 1950-1970 | Spent winters in Key West. |
| 1951 | Photographed John Marin at Cape Split, Maine and Cliffside, New Jersey. |
| 1952 | Photographed O'Keeffe and D.H.Lawrence's three women - Mabel Dodge Luhan, Frieda Lawrence and Dorothy Brett - in New Mexico. |
| 1955 | Spent two months photographing at Cinecitta Movie Studios in Rome; portraits of Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn in Rome and W.H.Auden on the island of Ischia. |
| 1956 | Took around-the-world trip: Japan, Hong Kong, Bangkok, India, Greece, Egypt, Italy, France, England. |
| 1957 | Began association with Photo Researchers in New York City; established Dorland Gallery in Greenwich Village. |
| 1958 | Went on second around-the-world trip: Tahiti, Australia, India, Yugoslavia, Austria and Spain; photo essay on Italy published by Coronet. |
| 1960 | Moved to Trenton, Maine. |
| 1965-1980 | Contributing photographer for Down East magazine. |
| 1967 | Finished portfolio of photographs of Key West. |
| 1970 | Photographed Harold Acton at La Pietra, Florence, Italy. |
| 1973 | Photographed Tennessee Williams in Key West. |
| 1960-2001 | Worked as photographer and painter in Maine. |
| 2002 | On September 14th George passed away in Bar Harbor, Maine. |
