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.