Hugh P. Baker

Hugh Potter Baker (January 20, 1878 – May 24, 1950)[1] was a graduate of the Michigan State College of Agriculture; Yale's School of Forestry (M.F., 1904); and the University of Munich (Ph.D., Economics, 1910). He was the second and fourth Dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, from 1912 to 1920 and 1930 to 1933.

Hugh Potter Baker
Half-length portrait of a bespectacled man in a suit and bow-tie sitting at a desk, he is looking intently at a piece of paper on top of a small stack of others. Another stack sits in front of him to his left. A clock sits on a mantle behind him with a small picture frame and several books, to its right is a window which fills the room with soft light.
Hugh P. Baker c. 1938
President of Massachusetts State College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst)
In office
1933–1947
Dean of the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University
In office
1912–1920
Personal details
BornJanuary 20, 1878
St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
DiedMay 24, 1950(1950-05-24) (aged 72)
Orlando, Florida
Spouse(s)Fleta Paddock 1904–1928
Richarda Sahla 1929–1950
Alma materMichigan Agricultural College (B.S.)
Yale University (M.F.)
University of Munich (D.Oec.)
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Baker previously had worked with Gifford Pinchot at the United States Bureau of Forestry and Forest Service (1901–04). Immediately before coming to Syracuse, Baker was Professor of Forestry at the Pennsylvania State College.[2]

After his second stint as Dean of the College of Forestry, Baker went on to become President of Massachusetts State College (1933–47), presently known as the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Selected works

Honors
Baker Laboratory, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, New York

References
  1. Hannan, C. (2008). Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary. Native Amer Books. p. 22. ISBN 9781878592637. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  2. Yale University. Dept. of Forestry; Yale University. School of Forestry (1913). Biographical Record of the Graduates and Former Students of the Yale Forest School: With Introductory Papers on Yale in the Forestry Movement and the History of the Yale Forest School. Yale Forest School. p. 67. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  3. "Baker Laboratory," SUNY-ESF website. Accessed: 20 August 2018.
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