Background
Baker, Timothy Danforth was born on July 4, 1925 in Baltimore. Son of Frank and Alice Elizabeth (Chandler) Baker.
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Timothy Danforth Baker
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Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1948; Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, U. Maryland., 1952.
Career
Intern, U. Maryland. Hospital, Baltimore, 1952-1953;
resident public health, New York State Department Public Health, New York City, 1953-1956;
health officer, Syracuse, New York, 1958-1959;
assistant and acting chief health, United States Agency for International Development, India, 1956-1958;
associate professor, Johns Hopkins University School Public Health, Baltimore, 1959-1967;
assistant dean, Johns Hopkins University School Public Health, Baltimore, 1959-1977;
professor international health, health services administration, and environmental health, Johns Hopkins University School Public Health, Baltimore, since 1967;
president faculty general assembly, Johns Hopkins University School Public Health, Baltimore, since 1987;
director Hubert H. Humphrey scholars program, Johns Hopkins University School Public Health, since 1987. Vice-president, director University Associations, 1973-1977. Visiting professor epidemiology University of Minnesota, 1976.
Director Intermed., since 1982. Consultant health planning, medical education, Brazil, Burma, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Yunnan, China, Maryland., California, District of Columbia. External examiner U. Singapore.
Achievements
Membership
First vice chairman central committee Republican party, Baltimore. Delegate, nominating committee Republican party. Board directors, treasurer Pan American Health Education Foundation Served with United States Air Force, 1943-1945.
United States Public Health Service, 1956-1958. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (Governors commission on minority health, task force on violence). Member American Public Health Association (chairman epidemiology section, international health section, Lifetime Achievement award 1994), Maryland.
Medical Society (chairman health manpower committee, house of deals), Maryland. Public Health Association (president), Baltimore Medical Society (chairman medical care committee), Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Omega.
Connections
Married Susan Lowell Pardee, June 23, 1951. Children: Timothy, David, Susan.
