Education
He graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Surgery in electrical engineering in 1916.
He graduated from Union College with a Bachelor of Surgery in electrical engineering in 1916.
He was a vice president of General Electric, and was Director of Engineering for the Radio Manufacturers Association (now the Electronic Industries Alliance). At the urging of James Lawrence Fly, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (Federal Communication Commission), Baker founded the National Television System Committee, or NTSC, in 1940. He was born in Lockport, New York, in 1892.
He took a job with General Electric in 1916 and worked on radio for military applications during World War I. He received a Master of Surgery in electrical engineering from Union College, in 1919.
He died on October 30, 1960.
Walter Baker received following awards and honors: The SMPTE David Sarnoff Medal in 1959 The Institute of Radio Engineers Founders Award in 1958 The Army Medal of Freedom in 1953 The Institute of Radio Engineers Medal of Honor in 1952 Institute of Radio Engineers Fellow in 1928 The initially called W.R.G. Baker Award provided by the Institute of Radio Engineers (Institute of Radio Engineers), was created in 1956 from a donation from Doctor Walter R. G. Baker to the Institute of Radio Engineers. The award continued to be awarded as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers W.R.G. Baker Award by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), after the Institute of Radio Engineers organization merged into the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. The call sign of (then) General Electric owned television station in Schenectady, WRGB, was chosen in his honor.
