TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
Robert James Baker, a renowned mammologist who studied the biology of bats and the effects of radiation contamination on animals, passed away last week (March 30). He was 75.
Baker was born in 1942 in Warren, Arkansas. He received his bachelor’s in science from Arkansas A&M College, a master’s from Oklahoma State University, and a PhD from the University of Arizona.
In 1967, Baker became a professor in the department of biological sciences at Texas Tech University (TTU), where he also curated the institution’s Mammals and Genetic Resource Collection. Baker was part of the TTU faculty for 48 years and mentored a total of 98 graduate students, according to The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He received the Paul Whitfield Horn Professor award, TTU’s highest honor, in 1979.
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