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Michael A. Baker

He was responsible for the coordination and implementation of mission operation activities in the Moscow region for the joint U.S./Russian Shuttle/Mir program.


Anna P. Baker


Anna painted 18 paintings in which she visualized the French realist painter and sculptor, Rosa Bonheur, on imaginary world travels.

Benjamin Baker

Benjamin F. Baker (1862–1927), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient

Bernard Baker

Bernard N. Baker (1854–1918), shipping magnate from Baltimore, Maryland

Bruce Harrell

Bruce is married to Joanne Harrell and they are raising their family in the Mt. Baker neighborhood.

Center Park

Center Park, located at 2121 26th Avenue South, is a subsidized high-rise building complex located in the Mt. Baker neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, designed to provide living accommodation to physically or mentally challenged individuals and their caretakers.

Christopher W. Baker

He played the part of an artist and painting tutor in Joanna Hogg's film Archipelago, shot on Tresco, Isles of Scilly in 2009.

Dennis Port, Massachusetts

Famous residents of Dennis Port include U.S. military hero Benjamin F. Baker.

Edward L. Baker, Jr.

Baker is the maternal grandfather of jazz saxophonist and Oscar nominee Dexter Gordon.

Elizabeth Price Foley

Foley was a Senior Legislative Aide for health policy to U.S. Congressman Ron Wyden of Oregon and Legislative Aide to U.S. Congressman Michael A. Andrews of Texas.

Epstein–Barr virus

The Epstein–Barr virus is named after Michael Anthony Epstein, a professor emeritus at the University of Bristol, and Yvonne Barr (born 1932 in London), a 1966 Ph.D graduate from the University of London, who together discovered and documented the virus.

Eva L. Baker

Baker has conducted studies of performance standards and national assessment policies for the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Education Forum Project, and the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association.

She has served as chair of the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA) of the National Research Council, a recipient of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Visiting Fellowship.

Glacier, Washington

Glacier is the community closest to Mt. Baker (northernmost of the Cascade volcanoes), is within 10 air miles of Mt. Baker's summit and a 20 mile drive to the Mt. Baker Ski Area with awe-inspiring views of Mount Shuksan, one of the most photographed mountains in the world.

Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy

Collections open for research include the papers of Senators Howard H. Baker, Jr., William Emerson Brock III, Estes Kefauver, Fred Dalton Thompson, Howard Baker, Sr., and Congresswoman Irene Baker.

Toward that end, the Baker Studies Program is sponsoring academic conferences on topics ranging from Senator Baker’s role in the Senate Watergate Committee’s investigation to the service rendered by Senator Baker as Senate minority and majority leader, President Richard Nixon’s overtures to Senator Baker as a possible successor to U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, and Senator Baker’s tenure as White House Chief of Staff to President Ronald Reagan.

INCAE Business School

Dean Baker sent three professors, George Cabot Lodge, Henry Arthur and Thomas Raymond, to gauge the level of support from the business community and society at large in each of the Central American countries for the project.

Isaac V. Baker, Jr.

Then he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, especially in breeding Merino sheep.

John H. Ray

He was an assistant to special representative of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker in 1919.

Kobayashi Maru

In this novel by Andy Mangels and Michael A. Martin, the scenario occurs as an actual plot event instead of a training exercise.

Leslie Baker

Leslie M. Baker, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Wachovia Corporation

Los Angeles and Independence Railroad

The Los Angeles and Independence Railroad Company was incorporated in January 1875 with Francisco P. Temple, John P. Jones, Robert S. Baker, T. N. Park, James A. Pritchard, J. S. Slauson, and J. U. Crawford, as directors.

Madrid peace conference letter of invitation

The invitation was issued in the name of US President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and signed by US Secretary of State James A. Baker, III and Boris Pankin for the Soviet Union, and a reply by October 23, 1991, was requested.

Michael A. Barry

Prior to coming to Princeton, Barry spent many years in Afghanistan with the International Federation for Human Rights, Médecins du Monde and the United Nations, working in often perilous conditions to provide and coordinate humanitarian assistance for the Afghan people from 1979 to 2001.

Michael A. Costello

While he was a student at Salem State College (now Salem State University), Costello spent three years organizing and leading a program that resulted in student's building desperately needed housing for some of the poorest Americans living in Appalachia.

Michael A. Cusumano

Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Michael A. Fopp

He spends his spare time flying a Lancair aircraft which he built himself over a period of 8 years.

Michael A. Fox

Fox was honored by having the newly constructed Ohio State Route 129, a limited access highway connecting Hamilton and Liberty Township with Interstate 75, named for him.

Michael A. Gorman

Michael A. Gorman (July 9, 1950 – December 2, 2012) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's third House district, including constituents in Craven and Pamlico counties, from 2003-2004.

Michael A. Hammer

:Not to be confused with U.S. businessman and philanthropist Michael Armand Hammer.

Michael A. Hoffman

Hoffman was the director of the Archaeology Laboratory at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville from 1972 to 1979 and was an associate professor in sociology and anthropology at Western Illinois University.

Michael A. Miles

Miles began his career at Leo Burnett & Co. in 1961 as a Media analyst, and progressed to the position of VP Account Supervisor.

Michael A. Newton

Michael A. Newton (born July 19, 1964, Baddeck, Nova Scotia) is an award-winning Canadian statistician.

Michael A. Perry

Following his university studies, he entered the novitiate of the Province of the Sacred Heart of the Franciscan Order on 25 June 1977, and professed temporary religious vows on 11 August of the following year, the feast day of St. Clare of Assisi.

Michael A. Ramos

San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, offers this unique three day camp that provides a relaxed, supportive and safe environment for children to enjoy the typical activities of a summer camp, as well as to have opportunities to work with professionals to share their feelings related to their loss, learn new ways to cope, and interact with other children and teens in an atmosphere of love and acceptance.

Michael A. Shipp

Despite the relatively uncontroversial nature of Shipp's nomination, Sen. Rand Paul in July 2012 held up allowing an up-or-down, Senate floor vote on Shipp's nomination over an unrelated issue, involving Paul's desire to cut off all U.S. aid to Pakistan unless authorities there release Dr. Shakil Afridi.

Michael Armand Hammer

:For the U.S. State Dept. official, see Michael A. Hammer.

Michael Costello

Michael A. Costello (born 1965), State Representative for the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Michael Martone

Michael A. Martone (born 1955), director of the creative writing program at the University of Alabama; author, usually under "Michael Martone"

Murray Baker Bridge

The bridge is named for Murray M. Baker, who was the first vice president of the company that eventually became Caterpillar.

N'Faly Kouyate

In 1994 Kouyate moved to Belgium and formed the ensemble Dunyakan (The Voice of the World), featuring Michael A. Martone.

Pohl Trial

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal II, were Robert M. Toms (presiding judge) from Detroit, Michigan, Fitzroy Donald Phillips from North Carolina, Michael A. Musmanno from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and John J. Speight from Alabama as an alternate judge.

Scott Waguespack

Waguespack was the city administrator and chief of staff to Berwyn mayor Michael A. O'Connor in 2005.

Simon R. Baker

Simon Richard Baker III (born March 30, 1986) is an Aboriginal Canadian actor, of Cree, Haida, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh descent.

String-net liquid

In condensed matter physics, a string-net is an extended object whose collective behavior has been proposed as a physical mechanism for topological order by Michael A. Levin and Xiao-Gang Wen.

Surj Sahota

The Sahotas were at the forefront of seeking this recognition, performing live on Cilla Black’s Surprise, Surprise, Blue Peter, 8:15 from Manchester and Eggs 'n' Baker.

The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate

It was designed by "Burger" Bill Heineman (now known as Rebecca Heineman), Bruce Schlickbernd, and Michael A. Stackpole.

The Christmas Village in Philadelphia

Jay Leno scoffed: “The annual ‘Christmas Village’ in Philadelphia has been renamed the ‘Holiday Village.’ In fact, they’re not Santa’s reindeer anymore . . . They’re now ‘nondenominational venison.’” After three days of controversy Philadelphia’s Mayor Michael A. Nutter intervened and the name and signs were restored.


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