George P. Baker (dean of Harvard Business School)

George Pierce Baker (November 1, 1903 – January 25, 1995)[1][2] was the fifth dean of the Harvard Business School.

[3] Baker earned his bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. all from Harvard University.

[4] He left Harvard and joined the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1942.

[5] In 1946 Baker also returned to Harvard Business School as the James J. Hill Professor of Transportation.

[6] His father (whom he is named after) is George Pierce Baker (April 4, 1866 – January 6, 1935)[7] was a professor of English at Harvard and Yale and author of Dramatic Technique, a codification of the principles of drama.