Background
Baker, Russell Wayne was born on August 14, 1925 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin Rex and Lucy Elizabeth (Robinson) Baker.
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First edition of this collection of Baker's columns from the New York Times in the early Sixties. 213 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. J B Lippincott Company. 1965 stated first edition.
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Baker, Russell Wayne was born on August 14, 1925 in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin Rex and Lucy Elizabeth (Robinson) Baker.
Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1947. Doctor of Humane Letters, Johns Hopkins University. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hamilton College.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Franklin Pierce College. Doctor of Humane Letters, Princeton University. Doctor of Humane Letters, Yale University.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Long Island University. Doctor of Humane Letters, Connecticut College. Doctor of Laws, Union College.
Doctor of Literature, Wake Forest University. Doctor of Literature, University Miami. Doctor of Literature, Rutgers University.
Doctor of Literature, Columbia University. Doctor of Humanities, Hood College.
With Baltimore Sun, 1947-1954. Member Washington bureau New York Times, 1954-1962. Columnist editorial page New York Times, 1962—1998.
Column Observer nationally syndicated New York Times News Service.
(First edition of this collection of Baker's columns from ...)
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Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945. Member American Academy and Institute Arts and Letters (elected 1984), American Academy Arts and Sciences (fellow 1993).
Married Miriam Emily Nash, March 11, 1950. Children: Kathleen Leland, Allen Nash, Michael Lee.