Thomas Stockham Baker (March 28, 1871 – April 7, 1939) was an American scholar and educator who served as the second President of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
[1][2][3] He did graduate work at the University of Leipzig in Germany, then returned to Baltimore to complete his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins in 1895.
[1] His thesis was titled America as the Poetical Utopia of Lenau and the Politico-Literary Ideal of Kürnberger and Young Germany.
[2] He joined the faculty of the Jacob Tome Institute, a prep school for boys in Port Deposit, Maryland, as a teacher of German in 1900.
[2][4] Baker's administration worked to lift Tech out of its "construction phase" under President Hamerschlag, focusing on deepening the school's academic offerings, research, and beautifying the campus.
[citation needed] Baker resigned from Carnegie Tech on September 17, 1935, and was appointed president emeritus and to the board.