Reginald Ralph Baker

Background

Baker, Reginald Ralph was born on August 31, 1924 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Reginald Ralph and Eleanora Margaret (Weiss) Baker.

Education

Student, Doane College, 1943-1944; Bachelor of Science, Colorado State University, 1948; Master of Science, Colorado State University, 1950; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1954.

Career

Laborer, Robin Hood Egg Farm, Houston, 1932-1941; meter maintenance engineer, Houston Lighting and Power Company, 1941-1942; professor, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1954. Visiting professor University of California Berkeley, 1962-1963. National Science Foundation visiting professor Cambridge U., Cambridge, England, 1968-1969.

Consultant Mycogen, Inc., San Diego, 1980, AscoFlores, Bogota, Colombia, 1976-1989. Fellow American Phytopathological Society, 1980.

Achievements

• Reginald Ralph Baker has been listed as a noteworthy Botany educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Carnation Production II

Membership

Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO.

Interests

• Avocation: sailboating.

Connections

Married Margaret Katherine Whitaker, August 15, 1952 (deceased 1961). Children: Jock Maxwell, KitEdmund, Jennifer Katherine. Married Eleanor Joann Damer, June 19, 1965 (deceased 1985).

Children: Sean Randal, Dawn Michelle, Nicole Diane.

Father:

Reginald Ralph Baker

Mother:

Eleanora Margaret (Weiss) Baker

Spouse:

Margaret Katherine Whitaker

Spouse:

Eleanor Joann Damer

child:

Sean Randal Baker

child:

Jock Maxwell Baker

child:

Nicole Diane Baker

child:

KitEdmund Baker

child:

Dawn Michelle Baker

child:

Jennifer Katherine Baker