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David Hiram Baker | |
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Died | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Known for | Animal nutrition |
Spouse | Norraine Baker |
Awards | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | nutrition |
Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Thesis | (1965) |
Doctoral advisor | D.E. (Gene) Becker |
David Hiram Baker (February 26, 1939 – December 2, 2009) was an American animal nutritionist who was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2005. [2] Baker is professor emeritus of animal sciences and nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [3]
In 1987, he received the National Academy of Sciences' Distinguished Service Award. [4]
Baker earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965; his thesis was titled Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of the Amino Acid Needs of Adult Swine for Maintenance. [5] He then spent two years as a senior scientist with the Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, then returned to join the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty in the Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, where he remained for the rest of his career.
Baker published 510 peer-reviewed papers, mainly in non-ruminant nutrition (i.e., swine and poultry nutrition), with research and teaching emphases on nutritional principles involving amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients.
![]() | A major contributor to this article appears to have a
close connection with its subject. (July 2020) |
David Hiram Baker | |
---|---|
![]() Baker in 2006 | |
Born | |
Died | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Known for | Animal nutrition |
Spouse | Norraine Baker |
Awards | Elected to the National Academy of Sciences [1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | nutrition |
Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Thesis | (1965) |
Doctoral advisor | D.E. (Gene) Becker |
David Hiram Baker (February 26, 1939 – December 2, 2009) was an American animal nutritionist who was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2005. [2] Baker is professor emeritus of animal sciences and nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. [3]
In 1987, he received the National Academy of Sciences' Distinguished Service Award. [4]
Baker earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965; his thesis was titled Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of the Amino Acid Needs of Adult Swine for Maintenance. [5] He then spent two years as a senior scientist with the Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, then returned to join the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faculty in the Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, where he remained for the rest of his career.
Baker published 510 peer-reviewed papers, mainly in non-ruminant nutrition (i.e., swine and poultry nutrition), with research and teaching emphases on nutritional principles involving amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients.