Bruce Baker (geneticist)

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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

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 member of the National Academy of Sciences. That same year, Baker began his term as vice president of the Genetics Society of America, and was named president of the GSA in 1994. Stanford appointed Baker as Dr. Morris Herzstein Professor of Biological Sciences in 2001. He left the university in 2008 for a position at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus. Baker retired in 2016, and died at the age of 72 on July 1, 2018.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "In memoriam: Bruce Baker". Genetics Society of America. July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Stanford geneticist Bruce Baker dies at 72". Stanford University. July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.