Background
Baker, Walter Arnold was born on February 20, 1937 in Columbia, Kentucky, United States. Son of Herschel T. and Mattie B. (Barger) Baker.
Baker, Walter Arnold was born on February 20, 1937 in Columbia, Kentucky, United States. Son of Herschel T. and Mattie B. (Barger) Baker.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, 1961).Phi Beta Kappa.
Lieutenant Colonel, Judge Advocate General"s Corps, United States Air Force Reserve, since 1967. Working as a partner of WALTER A. BAKER. WALTER A. BAKER, bom Columbia, Kentucky, February 20, 1937. Admitted to bar, 1961, Kentucky.
1962, United States.
District Court, Western District of Kentucky. 1968, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1969, United States. Supreme Court.
Education: Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1958.
Bachelor of Laws, 1961).Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Outstanding Public Service Award, Kentucky Council on Crime and Deliquency, 1975.
Department of Defense Award for Outstanding Public Service, 1983. Barren County Election Commissioner, 1966.
Member, House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1968-1972.
Member, Kentucky State Senate, Ninth Senatorial District, 1972-1981. Since 1989. Member, Executive Committee, Kentucky Crime Commission, 1973-1981. Assistant General Counsel, International Affairs, Department of Defense, 1981-1983.
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference (Life Member), since 1986.
Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1961, Kentucky. 1962, United States. District Court, Western District of Kentucky.
1968, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
1969, United States. Supreme Court. Major clients of WALTER BAKER: State Farm Insurance Cos, Reference: New Farmers National Bank, Glasgow, Kentucky.
Republican Kentucky House of Representatives, 1968-1971, senator State of Kentucky, 1972-1981, 89-96;active Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, since 1997. Lieutenant colonel United States Air Force Reserve. Member Kentucky Bar Association, Barren County Bar Association, Glasgow Rotary, Glasgow Golf and Country Club.
Married Jane Stark Helm, April 24, 1965. Children: Thomas Herschel, Ann Tate.