Baker University Sports Quiz #2
Who was the first woman elected to the Baker Athletic Hall of Fame? PRUDENCE JANE “PRUDY” BOAN 1947-2007 Prudence Jane “Prudy” Boan was...
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Jack Bowerman
Dec 3, 20206 min read
Baker University Sports Quiz
Who was the first person elected to the Baker University Athletic Hall of Fame? Who was responsible for the construction of the football...
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Jack Bowerman
Sep 10, 20206 min read
Elijah Watt Sells - Accounting Pioneer
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...
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Jack Bowerman
Aug 26, 20209 min read
Published Sources of Baker History
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...
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Jack Bowerman
Aug 10, 20209 min read
Osmon Cleander Baker - The University’s Namesake
Was Baker named after someone who gave millions to endow the University? Or was it named after some larger than life historical figure? ...
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Jack Bowerman
Aug 2, 20206 min read
Baker Women Founded An Honorary Society for Educators
Janice Simpson suggested this article and provided much of the information used here. We are hoping that more of you who are interested...
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Jack Bowerman
Jul 3, 20207 min read
Don Coldsmith: Doctor, Author, Horseman and Baker Grad
Don Coldsmith was a doctor, writer, educator and horseman. Those who knew him called him a renaissance man. He was also a graduate of...
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Jack Bowerman
Jun 1, 202018 min read
In Memory of Our Most Decorated World War II Soldier
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...
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Jack Bowerman
May 22, 20204 min read
Baker Financial Crisis of 1872-73: Tuition and Faculty Salaries
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...
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Jack Bowerman
May 13, 202018 min read
DR. DANIEL M. LAMBERT – 27TH PRESIDENT OF BAKER UNIVERSITY
Thanks to Dr. Dan Lambert, former President of Baker University, Walter Pinnell, former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Baker...
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Jack Bowerman
Apr 15, 20208 min read
Walter Anderson - The Founder of White Castle
Some of the information in this post was provided by Jerry Weakley Who invented the fast food hamburger? When and where did this...
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Jack Bowerman
Mar 30, 20208 min read
The Day Baldwin City and Baker University Almost Burned
At dawn on August 21, 1863, William Quantrill and his band of guerillas unleashed an unprecedented level of murder and mayhem upon the...
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Jack Bowerman
Jan 16, 20205 min read
The 1985 Baker Band/Choir Trip to Taiwan, Japan and Hawaii . . .
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...
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Jack Bowerman
Jan 10, 20203 min read
Dean Gessner Prank
Speaking of pranks, here is a story contributed by Jerry Weakley, long-time Vice President of Development at Baker. Dean Benjamin A....
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Jack Bowerman
Jan 8, 20204 min read
1973 Baker Stag
The information for this post was provided by Kent Stromsted, the unofficial historian of the goings on at the Kappa Sigma house in the...
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Jack Bowerman
Dec 20, 20198 min read
William Alfred Quayle - The Skylark of Methodism
William Alfred Quayle’s parents, Thomas Quayle and Elizabeth Gell, were from the Isle of Man. While they were cousins, it is not clear...
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Jack Bowerman
Dec 20, 20195 min read
Who is the Pulliam Center at Baker named after?
Ever wonder who the Pulliam Center for Journalism and Communications on the Baker campus is named for? Eugene Collins Pulliam was an...
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Jack Bowerman
Oct 25, 20198 min read
Werter Renick Davis - The First President
Werter Renick Davis was born on April 1, 1815 in Circleville, Ohio to Henry and Alice Davis. Werter grew up in a distinguished family. ...
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