Edgar Robey Baker

Background

Baker, Edgar Robey was born on October 16, 1920 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Edgar Robey and Ida (Carroll) Baker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1941.

Career

Staff Lend-Lease Administration, 1942-1944. Assistant to public Life magazine, 1945. General manager Time-Life International, 1947-1949.

Managing director, 1949-1965, director corporate development, 1965-1969.

Vice president Time, Incorporated., 1957-1969. Director Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, General Learning Corporation, Inter-American Capital Corporation, Chase (Manhattan International Investment Corporation Company-director International Industrial Development Conference, San Francisco, California, 1957.

Company-chairman Inter-American Investment Conference, New Orleans 1955. Company-chairman New York Citizens for Kennedy, 1960.

Trustee Cordell Hull Foundation, United States Inter-American Council, George Washington University.

Director National Foreign Trade Council, Far East America Council.

Achievements

• Edgar Robey Baker has been listed as a noteworthy publisher. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Connections

Married Alice Newcomer, September 6, 1944.

Father:

Edgar Robey Baker

Mother:

Ida (Carroll) Baker

Spouse:

Alice Newcomer