Donald Gardner Baker

Background

Baker, Donald Gardner was born on July 20, 1923 in St. Paul. Son of William E. and Florence A. (Kirkendall) Baker.

Education

Student, University Wisconsin, 1943; student, University Chicago, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1949; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1958.

Career

With, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1958-1994; instructor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1958-1961; assistant professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1961-1965; associate professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1965-1969; professor, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1969-1994.

Achievements

• Donald Gardner Baker has been listed as a noteworthy soil science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, 51-52, Korea. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Agronomy. Member American Meteorological Society, American Geophys.Union, Royal Meteorological Society (London), Soil Science Society American.

Connections

Married Jacqueline M. Mouzel, February 14, 1953. 1 child, William G.

Father:

William E. Baker

Mother:

Florence A. (Kirkendall) Baker

Spouse:

Jacqueline M. Mouzel

child:

William G. Baker