Background
Baker, Rollin Harold was born on November 11, 1916 in Cordova, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Laurence and Minnie Louise (Perkins) Baker.
Baker, Rollin Harold was born on November 11, 1916 in Cordova, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Laurence and Minnie Louise (Perkins) Baker.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, 1937; Master of Science, Texas A. and M. U., 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, University Kansas, 1948.
Wildife technical, National Park Service, Texas Big Bend, summer 1937; field biologist, Texas Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, College Station, 1938-1939; biologist, Texas Game and Fish Commission, 1939-1943; assistant curator mammals, Museum Natural History, U. Kansas, 1948-1955; assistant instructor, Museum Natural History, U. Kansas, 1946-1948; instructor, Museum Natural History, U. Kansas, 1948-1949; assistant professor, Museum Natural History, U. Kansas, 1949-1954; associate professor zoology, Museum Natural History, U. Kansas, 1954-1955; acting director, Museum Natural History, 1950-1951; director music, professor zoology and fisheries and wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1955-1982; director, professor emeritus, Michigan State University, East Lansing, since 1983; curator, Prairie Edge Museum, Eagle Lake, Texas, since 1983. Leader music expeditions western states and Mexico, for collecting and observating animal life, 1949-1983. Also visiting investigator Rockefeller Institute.Medicine, 1944.
Served from ensign to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Captain Reserve, retired. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member American Society Mammalogists (director 1956-1978), Wildlife Society, American Ornithological Society Southwestern Naturalists, Society Study Evolution, Society Systematic Zoology (council 1958-1961), Ecological Society of America, Texas Society Mammalogists (honorary. President 1983-1984), Explorers Club, Michigan Polar-Equator Club (president 1976-1978), Rotary, Sigma Xi, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Beta Beta Beta, Phi Sigma, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Mary Elizabeth Waddell, March 21, 1939. Children: Elizabeth Alice, Bruce Rollin, Byron Laurence.