Background
Baker, Burke was born on August 9, 1887 in Waco, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Holmes and Nellie (Faulkner) Baker.
Baker, Burke was born on August 9, 1887 in Waco, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Holmes and Nellie (Faulkner) Baker.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, 1909. Graduate study Harvard, 1909-1910.
Assistant cashier Texas Trust Company, 1911-1913. Bond officer Bankers Trust Company, 1913-1915. President American Briquet Company, Philadelphia, 1915-1919.
President small oil production companies, 1919-1925.
President Seaboard Life Insurance Company, Houston. President and chairman of the American General Life Insurance Company.
Formerly vice president Houston Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Company. Director Manchester Terminal Corporation, Houston, United Gas Corporation, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Member Texas Life Convention (former president), American Life Convention (director), American Bible Society, Philosophical Society Texas (president).
Married Bennie Brown, October 11, 1911.