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Dr. Neal Malicky: Quality Education with a Personal Touch
President of Baldwin-Wallace College Neal Malicky was born September 14, 1934, in Sour Lake, Texas, to George and Ethel Lucille Reed...
Jack Bowerman
Sep 306 min read


Dr. Raymond Pruitt: Founding Dean of the Mayo Medical School
Raymond Donald Pruitt was born February 6, 1912, to Lyman Burton and Ada Josephine Brandes Pruitt in Wheaton, Minnesota. Raymond’s...
Jack Bowerman
Aug 135 min read


Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie: On the History of Women in Science
Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie Marilyn Louise Bailey was born in 1936 probably in Marlow, Oklahoma where her parents, William and Mildred Pate...
Jack Bowerman
Jul 77 min read


Candice Millard: Master Storyteller
This article was written by Jack Bowerman and Jerry Weakley Candice Sue Millard was born June 16, 1967, to Lawrence and Constance (Camp)...
Jack Bowerman
Apr 312 min read


Mike Finnigan and the Serfs
This is another instalment in the series of articles about bands that Curt Eddy, Jerry Weakley and I were privileged to see and hear...
Jack Bowerman
Oct 21, 20246 min read


Robert Hall Pearson, Bleeding Kansas and the Aftermath: Civil War
Robert Hall Pearson moved into Kansas Territory in 1854 shortly after it was opened for white settlement. For the next several years...
Jack Bowerman
Sep 26, 20249 min read


High Expectations; No Exceptions; No ExcusesThe Life and Career in Education of Oliver A. Ruff Baker University Class of 1970
This article was written Jerry Weakley (Baker 1970). We encourage comments which you can do by going to the comments box below each...
Jack Bowerman
Aug 7, 202418 min read


Remembering the great bands that we used to hear and see live in Lawrence and around the region in the 60's and 70's:The Blue Things
This article was written by Curt Eddy (Baker, 1969). We encourage comments on our posts which you can do by entering them in the comments...
Jack Bowerman
Aug 7, 20243 min read


Remembering the great bands that we used to hear and see live in Lawrence and around the region in the 60's and 70's
Curt Eddy, Jerry Weakley and I are starting a series of blog articles featuring the bands that we used to see and hear live in the late...
Jack Bowerman
May 12, 202410 min read


Mike O'Bryhim's new book: Once Upon A Time In The Land of Overbrook
Mike O’Bryhim has just published a new book, “Once Upon A Time In Overbrook,” about his life and his philosophy of life. In it he...
Jack Bowerman
Apr 20, 20244 min read


Bishop Bennett Sims
Bennett Jones Sims was born August 9, 1920, in Greenfield, Massachusetts to Lewis Raymond and Sarah Cosette Jones Sims. Lewis and Sarah...
Jack Bowerman
Jan 18, 20249 min read


Baker's Four bishops
Baker University has historically had an influence on the history of the Methodist Church and other religious organizations. This can be...
Jack Bowerman
Jun 2, 202310 min read


She Escaped From the Nazis and Landed at Baker
Much of the information in this post came from an interview with Julianna Glass Lerner conducted by Jerry Weakley in 2001. Julianna Glass...
Jack Bowerman
Jul 22, 20226 min read


BIRTH OF THE GREEKS AT BAKER 1910-1916
The 1910 Baker yearbook has two pages devoted to a new local fraternity, Phi Lambda Chi, which disappeared thereafter. This group was...
Jack Bowerman
May 5, 202213 min read


BIRTH OF THE GREEKS AT BAKER 1905 – 1910
From the Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter history: “On April 20, 1905, an organization known as Manhood Fine Manhood or M.F.M. Club was...
Jack Bowerman
Apr 13, 20225 min read


BIRTH OF THE GREEKS AT BAKER 1903 - 1905
This is the third installment of this story. * * * * * At the turn of the century, significant...
Jack Bowerman
Mar 3, 20229 min read


BIRTH OF THE GREEKS AT BAKER 1889-1902
This is the second installment of the is story. We welcome any comments, corrections or additions to this article. * * *...
Jack Bowerman
Feb 17, 20229 min read


BIRTH OF THE GREEKS AT BAKER 1865-1888
We have been working on an article about the beginnings of the fraternity/sorority movement at Baker for a number of weeks and because of...
Jack Bowerman
Feb 15, 20225 min read


Alice Anne Callahan - Beloved teacher, musician and lover of the arts
Alice Anne Callahan was one of the most revered teachers during her 36 years at Baker. She also spent 4 years as an undergraduate at...
Jack Bowerman
Dec 8, 202110 min read


A Favorite Baker Professor
Do you remember a favorite teacher you had at Baker? For those of us who were econ majors in the late 60’s (Walter Pinnell, Kent...
Jack Bowerman
Sep 30, 202114 min read
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