Walter B. Baker

Education: 

• Bachelor of Science - University of Manitoba
• Master of Science - University of Manitoba

Dates Employed: 1955 - 1970

Faculty: Science

Department: Physics

Position(s) held: 

• Professor of Physics
• Member of the Board of Governors
• Chairman of the Senate Curriculum Committee
• Chairman of the Senate Creative Arts Committee
• Chairman of the Senate Visiting Lecturers Committee

Activities/Contributions:

• Arranged the Bryan Priestman lecture series for several years in the late 1960s.
• One of the first elected faculty members when the UNB Senate was formed in 1968.

Notes: 

• Baker was President of the Fredericton Branch of the Humanities Association.
• 1962-63 visiting research professor at the Atomic Energy Establishment at Culham in the U.K.
• Senior scientist and consultant with the plasma physics group at RCA Victor in Montreal.  Worked on early detection of ICBMs.

Sources:

• UA Case 77

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