| NAME: | Dale Burdette Baker |
| DATES: | 1920- |
| ADDRESS: | ACS, Chemical Abstracts Service |
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| WORKED AT: | DuPont; Emer. Dir. ACS |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | Chemical supervisor, DuPont 1942-46; CAS: Associate editor 1946-57; Associate director 1958; Director 1958-80; Director and chief operating officer 1980-86; Acting manager, ACS, Columbus, OH office 1972; Emeritus director, ACS 1986-?; Interested in chemical literature, documentation, communication, research development and planning. |
| AWARDS: | 1970 College of Engineering, Distinguished Alumnus Award(Ohio State Univ.); 1979 Patterson-Crane Award(ACS) for meritorious contributions to the field of chemical literature, especially the documentation of chemistry; 1986 Skolnik Award(ACS) for leading "Chemical Abstracts Service" from conventional indexing of the 1950's to an information and retrieval system that provides direction for the entire information industry. |
| OFFICES: | ASIS: Pres. 1975; Counselor 1970-72; Executive committee 1971-72, 1973-76; NFAIS: Pres. 1962-63; Treasurer 1970-72. |
| PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #1 |
CAS |
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| INCLUDES: | Office papers relating to Baker's work at CAS; Papers are stored in a basement (CAS does not currently have an archives); Some of the papers have been discarded. |
| FINDING AID: | |
| SOURCE: | Phone conversation with Dale B. Baker, 6/96. |
| PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #2 |
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| INCLUDES: | Personal and professional papers; No decision has been made on them being deposited anywhere. |
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| SOURCE: | Phone conversation with Dale B. Baker, 6/96. |
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