[1] He received his degree from Washington College and went on to get a doctorate from Princeton University, studying under Charles Phelps Smyth.

He later did research for Bell Labs that helped lead to synthetic rubber.

Baker had lived in the New Vernon section of Harding Township[2] and was a longtime resident of Morristown, New Jersey.

[1] In 1979, he was a resident of Morristown, NJ upon his tenure ending as President of Bell Labs.

[3] He died of heart failure on October 31, 2005, in Chatham, New Jersey.