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lege and in December, 1910, the degree of Doctor of Economics from 
the University of Munich. 
He was married December 27, 1904, in Saginaw, Mich., to Miss Fleta 
Paddock of Three Oaks, Mich. daughter of Steven Tappan Paddock 
and Aurelia (Butler) Paddock. They have one daughter, Carolyn Baker, 
born January 1, 1906, in Ames, Iowa, and one son, Clarence Potter Baker, 
born September 16, 1910, in Munich, Germany. Another son, Steven 
Paddock Baker, was born August 26, 1908, in State College, Pa. and 
died January 19, 1911, in Columbus, Ohio. 
Baker has been dean and professor of silviculture at the New — 
York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y., since April 
I, 1912. From 1901 to 1904 he was employed as assistant forest 
expert and agent in the United States Bureau of Forestry and 
Forest Service. He was forest assistant from 1904 to IQII. 
During the years 1904-07 he was assistant and associate pro- 
fessor in charge of forestry at lowa State College, and from 
1907 to 1912, professor of forestry at Pennsylvania State College. 
He writes: “Upon graduation from Michigan Agricultural 
College in 1901, entered the Division of Forestry and spent 
summer in Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming under 
R. S. Kellogg, working on report which resulted in Sand Hill 
Reserves. In November, 1901, was sent to Lancaster County, 
Va., to make a study of plantations put out by the Landreth 
Seed Company. In the spring of 1902, took charge of party 
studying sand dunes along Columbia River in codperation 
between the United States Forest Service and the Oregon Short 
line. Study resulted in report and two small sand dune stations 
afterwards abandoned. Summer of 1903 spent examining public 
lands in Central Idaho, under direction of E. T. Allen. Resulted 
in Sawtooth National Forest. Summer of 1904 spent in making 
planting plans in Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa and in pre- 
liminary studies of nature and planted timber of Iowa. Summer 
of 1905 had charge of two parties studying forest conditions — 
of Iowa, report on which resulted in Circular 154 of Forest 
Service. Summer of 1906 laid out nursery sites at ranger head- 
quarters in New Mexico. Have had ten years of consecutive 
work with Government Forest Service.” 
Baker is a Presbyterian. He is a member of the Society of 
American Foresters, the American Forestry Association, the 
American Geographical Society of New York, the Royal Geo- 


