* 1983 -- John Erickson opened former St. Charles Seminary in Catonsville as the Charlestown retirement community.

* 1992 -- Erickson breaks ground on the Henry Ford Village retirement community in Dearborn, Mich. The company has since opened retirement communities in 12 states across the country.

* 1996 -- Erickson and his wife, Nancy, start the Erickson Foundation, which focuses primarily on projects designed to contribute to best practices in active aging and aging with choices.

* 1997 -- The company restructures as Senior Campus Living LLC.

* 1998 -- Senior Campus Physicians, now called Erickson Health Medical Group, is established.

* 1999 -- The company grows to 6,000 residents and 5,000 staff members in various states.

* 2000 -- The company is renamed Erickson Retirement Communities LLC.

* 2001 -- Erickson receives an "Icon of the Industry" award from the National Association of Home Builders.

* 2003 -- Erickson Retirement Communities grows to more than 10,000 residents.

* 2004 -- The Erickson Foundation gives $5 million to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County to form The Erickson School of Aging, Management and Policy.

* 2005 -- The Erickson Foundation opens NorthBay, an environmental education center for middle school students located on 97 acres in North East, Cecil County, at the confluence of the Chesapeake Bay and Susquehanna River.

* 2007 -- Erickson Retirement Communities grows to more than 20,000 residents. The company purchases Point Lookout in Maine.

* 2008 -- Charlestown celebrates its 25th anniversary. More than 21,000 residents and 12,000 employees live and work in 20 Erickson communities nationwide. Three other communities are in the planning stages. John Erickson steps down as CEO.

SOURCE: www.erickson.com

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