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Newton Charles Baker, American newspaper executive. award Internat; award Rochester Institute Technology Served with United States Navy, 1941-1945.Recipient Legion Honor award International DeMolay, 1975, Quality Control award Rochester Institute Technology, 1982.; Member American Newspaper Publications Association, Digital Equipment Corporation Users Group, Muskogee Chamber of Commerce (chairman crime control since 1981).

Background

Baker, Newton Charles was born on January 27, 1925 in West Fork, Arkansas, United States. Son of Hobert and Martha Isabell (Hann) Baker.

Education

Graduate Prairie Grove High School, Arkansas

Career

Printer Enterprise, Prairie Grove, 1940—1941, 1946—1951. Production director Daily Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma, since 1951. With United States Navy, 1941-1945.

Achievements

  • Newton Charles Baker has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Adviser Indian Capital Vocational Technology School, Muskogee High Vocational Technology School. Vice chairman United Way, Muskogee, since 1972. Chairman Muskogee War Memorial Park, since 1979.

Member of Muskogee Chamber of Commerce (chairman crime control since 1981), Digital Equipment Corporation Users Group, American Newspaper Publications Association.

Interests

  • Antique clock collecting and repair. Golf; fishing.

Connections

Married Geraldine McClelland, May 22, 1947. 1 child, Cynthia Anne.

Father:
Hobert Baker

Mother:
Martha Isabell (Hann) Baker

Spouse:
Geraldine McClelland

child:
Cynthia Anne Baker

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Education

Career

Awards

  • Recipient Legion Honor award, International DeMolay, 1975, Quality Control award, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1982.