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physicist

Adolph Baker, American Physicist. Decorated Bronze Star, Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster; senior Fulbright-Hays scholar Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1974-1975. Served to First lieutenant, infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.

Background

Baker, Adolph was born on November 15, 1917 in Odessa, Russia. Son of Isaac I. and Anna (Kornfield) Baker. came to the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1929.

Education

Bachelor, College City New York, 1938. Master of Science in Education, College City New York, 1939. Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, 1946.

Master of Science in Math, New York University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Brandeis University, 1964.

Career

Stress analyst, Republic Aviation Corporation, Farmingdale, New York, 1946-1947; senior engineer, Ranger Aircraft Engines, Farmingdale, 1947-1948; staff member, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, New York City, 1948-1950; senior engineer, Raytheon Company, Newton, Massachusetts, 1950-1954; manager computer development, consultant, Radio Corporation of America Corporation, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1955-1963; professor physics, U. Massachusetts, Lowell, 1963-1986; professor emeritus, U. Massachusetts, Lowell, since 1986.

Achievements

  • Adolph Baker has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served to First lieutenant, infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Dora E. Krugman, November 7, 1942. Children— Linda J., Daniel R., Ellen J.

Father:
Isaac I. Baker

Mother:
Anna (Kornfield) Baker

Spouse:
Dora E. Krugman

child:
Daniel R. Baker

child:
Linda J. Baker

child:
Ellen J. Baker