Background
Baker,, Horace Ross was born on March 8, 1924 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Horace Ross and Helen (Baldwin) Baker.
Baker,, Horace Ross was born on March 8, 1924 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Horace Ross and Helen (Baldwin) Baker.
AB, Harvard University, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1951.
Lawyer John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, 1951-1955, assistant counsel, 1955-1957, associate counsel, 1957-1960, counsel, 1960-1965, general solicitor, 1965-1967, vice president and general solicitor, 1967-1972, senior vice president and general solicitor, 1972-1979, senior vice president and secretary, 1979-1983, executive vice president and general counsel, since 1983, also board directors. Board directors John Hancock subsidiary, Inc., Boston, John Hancock Property & Casualty Holding Company, John Hancock Property and Casualty Insurance Company, John Hancock Indemnity Company, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, Hanseco Insurance Company, Unigard Security Insurance Company, Bellevue, Washington.
Chairman Hingham (Massachusetts) Board Appeals, 1967-1975. Clerk Hingham Planning Board, 1961-1962. Member Hingham Planning Board, 1960-1967.
Served as technical sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association, Association Life Insurance Counsel (chairman insurance section 1977-1979), American Corporation Counsel Association, New England Legal Foundation Clubs: Algonquin (Boston), Harvard (president Hingham chapter 1970-1971).
Married Phyllis Laurence Green, December 18, 1948. Children: Robert Clarkson, Warren Ross, David Ware, Emily Laurence.