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  1. William Oliver Baker (July 15, 1915 – October 31, 2005) was president of Bell Labs from 1973 to 1979 and advisor on scientific matters to five United States presidents.

  2. Oct 31, 2005 · Dr. William O. Baker has been seen by many as “a diplomat of science” and “a science patriot” for his service to the United States in advocating, championing, and advancing science and technology.

  3. Physical chemist William O. Baker led scientific research at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories during the period, post-World War II, of its legendary achievements: semicon-ductor materials science, silicon transistors, solar cells, software-controlled electronic switching, digital commu-nication based on information theory, the Unix operating system, sat...

  4. Jun 27, 2012 · William Oliver Baker, born in Quaker Neck, Maryland on July 15, 1915, was the vice president for research at Bell Telephone Laboratories during its golden period from 1955 to 1973, retiring as Chairman in 1980.

  5. William O. Baker *39, a prominent scientist and emeritus trustee, died Oct. 31, 2005, in Chatham, N.J., of heart failure. He was 90. Baker grew up on a Chesapeake Bay farm, where his mother's deft chemical control of turkey parasites was an early lesson in the fascinations of science.

  6. Nov 2, 2005 · William O. Baker, a Princeton graduate alumnus and former charter trustee who earned a national reputation as a presidential adviser on science, died Oct. 31 in Chatham, N.J., at age 90.

  7. Nov 3, 2005 · William O. Baker, a prominent scientist and a former head of Bell Laboratories who advised five presidents on scientific affairs, died on Monday in Chatham, N.J. He was 90 and had lived in...