Charles Clayton Baker

Background

Baker, Charles Clayton was born on March 13, 1943 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edwin Lee and Mildred Marie (Andersen) Baker.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1966; Master of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1972.

Career

Fusion technical manager, General Atomics Company, San Diego, 1972-1977; fusion program director, Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory, 1977-1989; fusion program director, Oak Ridge (Tennessee) National Laboratory, 1989-1994; associate director fusion, United States International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor home team leader, University of California, San Diego, since 1994. Member nuclear engineering committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1994, University of Wisconsin, Madison, since 1993. Member technical planning activity United States Department of Energy, Argonne, 1985-1988.

Achievements

• Charles Clayton Baker has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chair troop committee Boy Scouts American, Naperville, Illinois, 1979-1988. Fellow American Nuclear Society (board directors 1983-1986, chair fusion energy division 1981-1982).

Interests

• Avocations: Civil War history, model building.

Connections

Married Susan Jane Beyer, January 23, 1965. Children: Michael Charles, Andrew Mark.

Father:

Edwin Lee Baker

Mother:

Mildred Marie (Andersen) Baker

Spouse:

Susan Jane Beyer

child:

Michael Charles Baker

child:

Andrew Mark Baker