Background

Baker, Carl Gwin was born on November 27, 1920 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Edward Forrest and Naomi (Taylor) Baker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, University Louisville, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University Louisville, 1944. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Louisville, 1980.

Master of Arts in Biochemistry, University California, Berkeley, 1949.

Career

Research investigator, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1949-1952, 53-55; staff grants and fellowships branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1952-1953; assistant to National Institutes of Health associate director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1956-1957; associate director program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1961-1967; assistant director, acting science director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1958-1961; associate director program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1967; science director etiology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1969; director, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1972; director program policy staff, Health & Human Superior vena cava syndrome Administrator, Rockville, Maryland., 1975-1976; medical director, Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, Zurich, Switzerland, 1977-1985; retired, Ludwig Institute Cancer Research, Zurich, Switzerland, 1985; adjunct instructor, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1989. Governing county International Agency for Cancer Research, Lyon, France, 1969-1972.

Achievements

• Carl Gwin Baker has been listed as a noteworthy science administrator, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Delaware State Board Education, Annapolis, Maryland, 1957. Member executive committee advisory panel on health American Revolution Bicentenial Commission, Washington, 1970-1972. Vice president 10th International Cancer Congress, Houston, 1970.

Assistant surgeon general (RAd rank) United States Public Health Service, since 1970. Member American Association Cancer Research (board directors 1972-1976), American Chemical Society (division biological chemistry, secretary 1955-1957, councillor 1958-1961), American Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Cosmos Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Lois Eleane Oxsen, March 24, 1949 (divorced May 1975). Children: Cathryn, Jeannette. Married Catherine Valerie Smith, May 23, 1975.

Father:

Edward Forrest Baker

Mother:

Naomi (Taylor) Baker

Spouse:

Catherine Valerie Smith

Spouse:

Lois Eleane Oxsen

child:

Jeannette Baker

child:

Cathryn Baker