Ronald "Ron" James Baker, OC (24 August 1924 – 12 December 2020) was a Canadian academic administrator.
[1] Born in London, England, Baker served with the Royal Air Force from 1943 to 1947 and trained in Manitoba.
His classes were popular, especially among aspiring writers and poets on campus, such as Lionel Kearns, and George Bowering, who acknowledged Baker’s influence on their writing careers.
While at UBC, Baker was involved in the production of John B. Macdonald's report, Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future (1962), which led directly to the development of a second university (SFU) in the Lower Mainland.
He was the Director of Academic Planning at Simon Fraser University and served as the first head of the English Department.