W.R.G. Baker - An Appreciation

Walter Baker was born in Lockport, NY, USA, on November 30, 1892. He attended both grade and high school in Lockport and moved to Schenectady in 1907, where he obtained a job in the local telephone office, receiving and recording trouble reports from customers. As engineer, as industrialist, as wise administrator of and counselor to a professional society, and as leader of men, the donor of the Baker Award represents an example which those considered as potential recipients of the Award in the future may well look up to. The professional contributions of Walter Baker are recounted in detail.