Bruce Baker (geneticist)
American geneticist
Bruce Stewart Baker (December 20, 1945 – July 1, 2018) was an American geneticist.
Baker was born to William K. Baker and Margaret I. Stewart in Swannanoa, North Carolina, on December 20, 1945, while his father served in the United States military. The first Drosophila Research Conference was hosted by his parents in 1958. Baker attended high school in Chicago. He enrolled at Reed College before graduating and earned his bachelor's degree in 1966. Baker then pursued graduate study at the University of Washington under Larry Sandler, receiving his doctorate in 1971. Baker remained at UW alongside Sandler before working with James F. Crow. In 1974, Baker began teaching at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He joined the University of California, San Diego faculty in 1976, before moving to Stanford University in 1986. In 1993, Baker was named a National Academy of Sciences member.
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