Background
Baker, Frank was born on February 28, 1936 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Dave and Estelle P. (Portnoy) Baker.
Baker, Frank was born on February 28, 1936 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Dave and Estelle P. (Portnoy) Baker.
Bachelor cum laude, Vanderbilt University, 1958. Master of Arts, Northwestern University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1964.
Assistant professor social psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1963-1965; assistant professor psychology and psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1965-1974; director organizational systems research and evaluation section, head program research unit Laboratory Community Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1969-1974; visiting lecturer psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1981-1982; professor psychology, psychiatry and preventive medicine, director division community psychiatry, State University of New York School Medicine, Buffalo, 1974-1985; professor, chairman, department behavioral science and health education, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 1985-1987; professor health psychology department environmental health science, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, since 1987. Distinguished visiting professor sociology U. Massachusetts, Boston, 1973-1974.
Fellow American Psychological Association. Member American Public Health Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Cancer Society (director behavioral research).
Married Adrienne Polland, March 20, 1960. Children: Steven Isaac, David Brian, Julie Suzanne.