Bruce N. Baker ’53

Bruce, no relation to our previously deceased classmate Bruce K. Baker, died Dec. 8, 2011, at his Palo Alto, Calif., home of heart failure.

Born in St. Louis, Bruce was living in New York state when he entered Princeton from Roosevelt High School with good, helpful friend Jim Withey, a Campus clubmate. His senior-year roommates were Clarke Slade, Phil Plexico, and Bruce Rubidge. Bruce’s undergraduate degree was in economics and he received an M.B.A. from Stanford and a Ph.D. from George Washington University before spending 18 months in the Navy. He then taught USC’s master’s-degree program in systems management at Air Force bases around the world. Later he taught in the University of Wisconsin system.

He joined Stanford Research Institute, where SRI colleague Donn Parker said Bruce helped create the International Information Integrity Institute. Somehow he found time to deal in real estate.

Surviving besides Mary Shaw Baker, his loving wife of 48 years, are daughters Sara Hope, Andrea Balloyra, Ashlee Baker-Florez, and Melanie DeMonet; son James W.; and brother Winslow. We marvel at Bruce’s many accomplishments. A celebration of his life is planned May 19 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Palo Alto’s Foothills Tennis & Swim Club.