Woolford Bales Baker

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Woolford Bales Baker (also Woolford B. Baker , born December 30, 1892 in Las Vegas , New Mexico , † December 27, 1993 in Atlanta , Georgia ) was an American biologist .

Life

Family and education

Born in the city ​​of Las Vegas in the US state of New Mexico , Woolford Bales Baker, son of Carey Lavega Baker (1863-1932) and Susan Adeline Coulter Baker (1866-1943), received his compulsory education in the US state of Arkansas . He then studied biology at Henderson-Brown College in Arkadelphia , in 1913 he earned the academic degree of a Bachelor of Arts . Baker continued his studies at Emory University in Druid Hills, in 1920 he graduated with a Master of Arts degree . In 1926, Woolford Bales Baker received a Ph.D. from Columbia University. PhD in Protozoology . In 1931 he spent a year researching as a traveling fellow of the Julius Rosenwald Foundation at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Biology in Berlin-Dahlem .

Woolford Bales Baker, a member of the United Methodist Church and a staunch supporter of the Democrats , married Bernice Hall on December 21, 1916. This marriage resulted in the children Frances Adeline and Woolford Bales junior. Woolford Bales Baker died in Atlanta in late 1993, three days before he would have turned 101.

Professional background

Woolford Bales Baker had been an instructor in biology at Henderson-Brown College since 1913. Since 1915 he has taught at various colleges. In 1919 he took a position as an instructor in biology at Emory University, in 1922 he was appointed Assistant Professor , 1924 Associate Professor , and 1926 Full Professor . In addition, he was from 1924 to 1925 as a research assistant at Columbia University, from 1924 to 1926 as Acting Professor of Biology and head of the department of the same name at Agnes Scott College in Decatur and from 1953 to 1955 as a professor at the University's Mountain Lake Biological Station of Virginia employed. In 1957, Baker chaired a committee that established a nationwide science curriculum for public schools.

Woolford Bales Baker retired from Emory University in 1961 . He then continued his scientific work at the Emory University Museum.

Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the Georgia Academy of Science, the American Botanical Society, the American Association of University Professors, the Phi Beta Kappa , the Sigma Xi , the Phi Sigma, the Kappa Phi Kappa and the Sigma Chi, elected Woolford Bales Baker, was honored with the first Thomas Jefferson Award in 1962 in recognition of his outstanding service to Emory University. Baker and Emily Stewart Harrison were instrumental in founding Fernbank Forest. The Baker Woodlands, located near the Emory University campus, are named after him.

Publications

  • Studies in the life history of Euglena. Ph. D. Columbia University 1926, Lancaster, Pa., 1926
  • together with Lucien Harris, Wallace Rogers: Southern nature stories. TE Smith, Atlanta, 1946
  • Science teaching and the world of tomorrow. in: Science Education, Volume 34, Issue 1, Science Education, Inc. New York, NY, 1950, pp. 7-15.
  • Wild flowers of Georgia. 2d ed, pub. by Mrs. Edmund Francis Cook, West Point, Ga., 1956
  • with Annie Sue Brown: Biology in the K-12 Curriculum. in: The American Biology Teacher, Volume 21, Number 4, The Association, 1959, pp. 123-125.
  • Universe and solar system. / Series 8. in: Science series (Filmstrip), Colonial Films [distributor], [United States], 1961
  • Reminiscences of My Experiences at the American Museum of Natural History. in: Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 26, Issue 4, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., London, 1983, pp. 301-305.

literature

  • James Anderson Dombrowski: Alumni History and Directory of Emory University: (graduates and Non-graduates). Alumni Council, Emory University, Atlanta, 1926
  • Robert Cecil Cook: Who's who in American Education: A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Living Educators of the United States. : volume 11. Who's Who in American Education, Nashville, Tenn., 1944, p. 58.
  • Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : volume 28 (1954-1955), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 125.
  • Who's who in the South and Southwest. Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1956, p. 48.
  • Thomas H. English: Emory University, 1915-1965; a semicentennial history. Emory University, Atlanta, 1966, p. 103.

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SURNAME Baker, Woolford Bales
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, Woolford B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American biologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Las Vegas , New Mexico
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1993
Place of death Atlanta , Georgia