Background
Baker, Gary Stiers was born on February 6, 1937 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of Ernest L. and Cleta M. (Stiers) Baker.
Baker, Gary Stiers was born on February 6, 1937 in Joplin, Missouri, United States. Son of Ernest L. and Cleta M. (Stiers) Baker.
Bachelor of Science in Marketing, U. Tulsa, 1959; postgraduate, Industrial College Armed Forces, 1976; postgraduate, Air War College, 1977.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Air Force, 1959; advanced through grades to colonel, United States Air Force, 1979; pilot, navigator,, Little Rock Air Force Base and Travis Air Force Base, California, 1959-1967; pilot adviser, South Vietnamese Air Force, Saigon, 1967-1968; pilot flight examiner, chief flight test operations, chief flight simulator, 60th Military Airlift Wing, Travis Air Force Base, 1968-1973; operations officer, commander 56th and 57th Squadrons, 443d Military Airlift Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 1973-1977; chief aircrew evaluation division, deputy director standardization evaluation, chief logistics division, deputy director safety, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1977-1980; retired, Headquarters Military Airlift Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 1980; manager aerial refueling part task trainer, Boeing Aerospace Company, Seattle, 1980-1983; manager government marketing, program manager aircrew training system, American Airlines Training Corporation, Dallas-Fort Worth, 1983-1986; director marketing simulation and training systems, Boeing Company, Huntsville, Alabama, since 1986. Member, session chairman user committee Interservice/Industry Training Systems Conference, Orlando, Florida, since 1985.
Member Aerospace Industries Association (member manpower, personnel and training subcommittee since 1986), Air Force Association, Burningtree Country Club, Order of Daedalians, Sigma Chi.
Married Rita Rosser, March 2, 1957. Children: Terri L., Sharrill D., Kendall R.