1969: Jerry Sandusky is hired as a defensive coach at Penn State University.

1977: Mr. Sandusky founds The Second Mile. It begins as a group foster home dedicated to helping troubled boys and grows into a charity dedicated to helping children with dysfunctional families.

June 1, 1998: State Department of Public Welfare investigator and the university police detective interview Mr. Sandusky. The Centre County district attorney decides not to press charges in the case. Mr. Sandusky said he would not shower with children again.

May 1999: Head football coach Joe Paterno tells Mr. Sandusky he will not be the next head coach at PSU.

June 1999: Mr. Sandusky retires from Penn State.

March 2001: Then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary reports to Penn State officials that he witnessed Mr. Sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy in a Penn State locker room shower. Officials take away Mr. Sandusky's keys to the locker room.

Early 2009: An investigation by the Pennsylvania attorney general begins when a Clinton County teen boy tells authorities that Mr. Sandusky has inappropriately touched him several times over a four-year period.

September 2010: Mr. Sandusky retires from day-to-day involvement with The Second Mile.

December 2010: Mr. McQueary testifies before grand jury.

March 31, 2011: First news report released of the grand jury investigation of Mr. Sandusky.

Nov. 4, 2011: Charges filed against Mr. Sandusky related to sexual abuse of eight boys. In addition, two top Penn State administrators -- Tim Curley, athletic director, and Gary Schultz, senior vice president for business and finance -- are charged with lying to the grand jury and failing to report the incidents to the proper authorities.

Nov. 6, 2011: Mr. Curley resigns as athletic director, Mr. Schultz re-retires from Penn State. Both men are arraigned the next day.

Nov. 9, 2011: Penn State president Graham Spanier and Penn State football coach Mr. Paterno are fired; Penn State students riot.

Nov. 14, 2011: Mr. Sandusky interviewed by Bob Costas on NBC News "Rock Center."

Nov. 18, 2011: Mr. Paterno is diagnosed with lung cancer.

Dec. 13, 2011: Mr. Sandusky waives charges at preliminary hearing.

Jan. 22, 2012: Mr. Paterno dies.

Jan. 26: 2012: Mr. Paterno's memorial service held.

June 5, 2012: Jury selection begins in Sandusky trial.

June 11, 2012: Sandusky trial begins.

June 22, 2012: Verdict reached in Sandusky trial, with jury finding Mr. Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts of child sex abuse.

First Published: June 23, 2012, 9:15 a.m.