1928
Born in Islay Alberta, Canada
 
1947-1949
Studied at the Ontario College of Art (2 years)
 
1950-1951
Studied Drawing and painting at Vancouver School of Art (2 years)
Studied Ceramics at UBC Summer Sessions with Edith Heath
 
1953-1954
Studied Sculpture for 1 year at Heatherby School of Art in London England
Traveled through Europe from Netherland to Italy
 
1956
Studied Sculpture with Archipenko at UBC
 
1956
Helped organize and was head of the exhibition committee for the first Northwest Institute of Sculpture Outdoor Exhibition in the campus of UBC
 
1956
Founding Member of the Northwest Institue for Sculpture
 
1958
Helped organize and was head of the exhibition committee for the first Northwest Institute of Sculpture Outdoor Exhibition at Burnaby Municipal Hall
 
1961
Vancouver Art Gallery invitation to a panel (together with Roy Kiyooka [moderator],Jack Harman, Frank Perry and George Norris) at Contemporary British Sculpture Show in early April 1962
  1964-1965 Studied graphic arts with Robert Steele at UBC
  1968 City Hall. Employment as Museum Display Technician II.
  1971 Founding member of Sculptors' Society of British Columbia
  1973-1990 Sculptor Instructor, Capilano College, North Vancouver
  1989 Juror for Sculpture of BC . Travelling exhibition by members of the Sculptors' Society of BC (Catalogue)
  2002 Juror for the International Sculpture Symposium 2002, held in the Okanagan Thompson region, BC
  2006 January 1, 2006, David passed away peacefully at Burnaby General Hospital after a month and a half battle with Lukemia