• 1926 •

1926 - Philip Crosby was born in West Virginia in the United States
• 1952 •

1952 - His first job in the field of quality was that of test technician in the quality department at Crosley Corporation in Richmond, Indiana, beginning in 1952.
• 1955 •

1955 - Working as reliability engineer on the RIM-8 Talos missile at Bendix Corporation in Mishawaka.
• 1957 •

1957 - Become senior quality engineer at The Martin Company's new Orlando, Florida organization to develop the Pershing missile.
• 1965 •

1965 - Become director of quality for ITT Corporation
• 1979 •

1979 - Crosby started the management consulting company Philip Crosby Associates, Inc.[
• 1979 •

1979 - Philip Crosby published ‘Quality is Free
• 1997 •

1997 - Philip Crosby established Philip Crosby Associates II, a teaching center in the field of quality control. The organization expanded to more than 20 countries around the globe