James Percy Ault was a scientist at sea. A geophysicist and explorer, he traversed the globe in the early 1900s on research expeditions...

Urban Cavaness, his wife Mary, and their four youngest children, Alpheus, James, Sarah and Mary journeyed from Indiana and arrived in...

Who was the first woman elected to the Baker Athletic Hall of Fame? PRUDENCE JANE “PRUDY” BOAN 1947-2007 Prudence Jane “Prudy” Boan was...

Who was the first person elected to the Baker University Athletic Hall of Fame? Who was responsible for the construction of the football...

Elijah Watt Sells was a Baker student before he became one of the pioneers of the accounting profession. He was the co-founder of the...

For those of you who would like to take a deeper dive into Baker University history, I recommend you check out these three books: “Alumni...

Was Baker named after someone who gave millions to endow the University? Or was it named after some larger than life historical figure? ...

Janice Simpson suggested this article and provided much of the information used here. We are hoping that more of you who are interested...

Don Coldsmith was a doctor, writer, educator and horseman. Those who knew him called him a renaissance man. He was also a graduate of...

OMAR R. “BUD” BILLETT 1922-1945 Mabee Memorial Hall was built in 1948 and renovated in 1995 and is dedicated to the memory of Baker...

Claudia Schindel asked a question about student tuition and faculty salaries in Baker's early days. Here is what I have found out to far...

Thanks to Dr. Dan Lambert, former President of Baker University, Walter Pinnell, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Baker...

Some of the information in this post was provided by Jerry Weakley Who invented the fast food hamburger? When and where did this...

At dawn on August 21, 1863, William Quantrill and his band of guerillas unleashed an unprecedented level of murder and mayhem upon the...

The 1985 Baker Band/Choir Trip to Taiwan, Japan and Hawaii… By: Jerry Weakley In the summer of 1983, I had the pleasure and opportunity...

Speaking of pranks, here is a story contributed by Jerry Weakley, long-time Vice President of Development at Baker. Dean Benjamin A....

The information for this post was provided by Kent Stromsted, the unofficial historian of the goings on at the Kappa Sigma house in the...

William Alfred Quayle’s parents, Thomas Quayle and Elizabeth Gell, were from the Isle of Man. While they were cousins, it is not clear...

Ever wonder who the Pulliam Center for Journalism and Communications on the Baker campus is named for? Eugene Collins Pulliam was an...

Werter Renick Davis was born on April 1, 1815 in Circleville, Ohio to Henry and Alice Davis. Werter grew up in a distinguished family. ...