Harold William Baker ’46

After graduating from Princeton, Hal went on to Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he earned a medical degree in 1948. The next two and a half years were spent at Vanderbilt for his internship and residency in obstetrics and gynecology. He volunteered for the Air Force during the Korean War and afterward returned to Johns Hopkins. In 1954 he entered private practice in Louisville, also teaching half time at the nearby University of Louisville.

In 1963, Hal, his wife, their two daughters, and a son fulfilled their dream of moving to the country — to 310 acres, 17 miles from town. This involved modernizing an old house, raising calves and beef cattle, baling hay, and breeding registered quarter horses. Hal was an avid hunter and an active member of the Rotary Club.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Julia Thomason Baker; a daughter, Donna Glanzman; a son, William Thomason Baker; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Hal was predeceased by his second daughter, Peggy Baker, in 1993.