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Rollin H. (Harold) Baker

Born: 1916   Cordova
Died: 2007
Parents: Charles Laurence and Minnie Louise Baker
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Waddell Baker (deceased 2000)
Children: Elizabeth Alice "Betsy", Bruce Rollin, Byron Laurence
Address(es):
Permanent :
Last known address:
Eagle Lake , TX
USA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Michigan Mammals Michigan Mammals Non Fiction Adult [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press ; Detroit, Mich. : Distributed by Wayne State University Press 1983
- Major museum-issued treatises on mammals of the Mexican state of Coahuila, Durango, and Zacatecas (Publication Years: 1956, 1962, 1986) Non Fiction Adult 1956 -1986
- Over 200 monographs, bulletins, book chapters, journal articles, etc. Check MeLCat links.
- Six novelettes about the adventures of a post Civil War family in the area
The Eagle Lake Headlight
- Two Novelettes
What is the aim or goal of your writing: Every civilian job that I have ever had involved the study of animals in the field - this activity was both my vocation and my avocation. So I worked and still do because it is fun and my hobby. If it stops being fun, maybe I'll quit!

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Elected Chairman of the Colorado County Historical Commission

Memberships:

Name Date
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Texas Academy of Science
Explorers Club of New York
Association of Southwestern Naturalists
The Wildlife Society
Association for Tropical Biology
American Society of Mammalogists
Texas Society of Mammalogists
Ecological Society of America
American Ornithologists Union
Active with Civic Projects for the Eagle Lake Rotary Club
Eagle Lake Post of the American Legion
Eagle Lake Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) The University of Kansas Lawrence , KS 1948
Master of Science (M.S.) Texas A&M University College Station , TX 1938
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) The University of Texas Austin , TX 1937

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director Emeritus, The Museum Michigan State University East Lansing 1983
Professor Emeritus of Zoology and Fisheries & Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing 1983
Curator Prairie Edge Museum Eagle Lake , TX 1983
Director, The Museum Michigan State University East Lansing 1955 -1983
Professor of Zoology and of Fisheries & Wildlife Michigan State University East Lansing 1955 -1983
Associate professor of zoology The University of Kansas Lawrence , KS 1948 -1955
Curator of Mammals, Natural History Museum University of Kansas Lawrence , KS 1948
Captain
- Inactive duty 		U.S. Naval Reserve 1946 -1965
- Active duty U.S. Naval Reserve 1943 -1946
Graduate assistant Texas A & M University College Station , TX 1939
Wildlife biologist Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Austin , TX 1939 -1943
Field biologist Texas Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit College Station , TX 1938 -1939
Wildlife technician
- Then proposed Big Bend National Park 		National Park Service Brewster County , TX 1937
Curator, fund-raiser, and news reporter (non-paid) Prairie Edge Museum Eagle Lake , TX
News reporter (non-paid) Tom Waddell Outdoor Nature Club Eagle Lake , TX

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/abaker%2C+rollin/abaker+rollin/1%2C2%2C30%2CB/exact&FF=abaker+rollin+h+rollin+harold+1916&1%2C25%2C/indexsort=-

Other Comments:

More information on his life, career and writings can be found in the ENCOMIUM: ROLLIN HAROLD BAKER:1916–2007 published by the University of Nebraska Museum: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=museummammalogy

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