http://www.mit81.com/baker/ 2026-10-12T19:21:58+00:00 http://www.mit81.com/baker/ http://www.mit81.com/baker/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2019-05-07T01:22:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:amdur&rev=1557192142&do=diff Professor Isadore Amdur Housemaster: 1968 - 1969 ---------- Isadore Amdur, Physical Chemist at MIT, Dies Physics Today (August 1970) <https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3022314> Isadore Amdur, professor of physical chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died at the age of 60 on 3 June following an operation. He was known for his research on intermolecular forces with the technique of scattering neutral atoms and molecules at high energies and for his study of transport phenomena. H… text/html 2019-05-07T01:20:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:fassett&rev=1557192034&do=diff Dean Frederick Gardiner Fassett, Jr. & Mrs. Julie Fassett Faculty Resident: 1951 - 1953 Frederick Gardiner Fassett, Jr., 1901-1991, A.B. 1923, A.M. 1927, Colby College; A.M. 1930, University of Maine, came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1930 as an instructor in the Department of English and History. He was named assistant professor in 1934 and associate professor in 1938. 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Professor Edmund Lee Gamble, 84 text/html 2019-05-07T01:25:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:hoffman&rev=1557192336&do=diff Professor Jeff Hoffman & Mrs. Barbara Hoffman Housemaster: 2012 MIT webpage (archived) text/html 2019-05-07T01:19:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:holland&rev=1557191989&do=diff Professor Norman N. Holland '47 & Mrs. Jane Holland Housemaster: Spring 1957 - appx December 1960 1927 -- 2017 Wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Holland> Prof Holland's homepage: <http://users.clas.ufl.edu/nholland/> Prof. Norman N. Holland was the third housemaster for Baker House. ---------- Professor Holland writes text/html 2019-05-07T01:20:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:mason&rev=1557192019&do=diff Professor Samuel J. Mason & Mrs. Jean Mason Faculty Resident: 1953 - 1957 The Tech, VOL. LXXIII. No. 31 (TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1953) <http://tech.mit.edu/V73/PDF/N31.pdf> Doctor And Mrs. Mason Baker House Residents During Next Two Years by Alvin Drake '57 When exploring the Memorial Drive frontage of Baker House, students have discerned and been somewhat puzzled by a small ladder of curious dimensions, leading to a first floor window. While much too large to be of service to a mouse who … text/html 2019-05-08T00:32:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:newman&rev=1557275569&do=diff Professor Dava Newman & Guillermo Trotti Housemaster: 2005 - 2011, 2013 - 2015 ---------- Dava J. Newman Apollo Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems Former Director of Technology and Policy Program (2003-2015) MacVicar Faculty Fellow Campus Office: Room 33-307 text/html 2019-05-07T01:23:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:reiche&rev=1557192229&do=diff Professor Harald A. T. O. Reiche & Mrs. Irene Reiche Housemaster: 1980 - 1989 Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Reiche> Harald Reiche (1922–1994) was a German-American classical scholar, specializing in an archaeoastronomical interpretation of Greek mythology. He received a B.A. degree in Classics from Harvard University in 1943, followed by an M.A. (1944) and Ph.D. (1955). Reiche became Professor of Classics and Philosophy at MIT in 1966. 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Nafi Toksoz & Mrs. Helena Toksoz Housemaster: 1969 - 1980 text/html 2019-05-07T01:21:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:toomre&rev=1557192072&do=diff Professor Alar Toomre Housemaster: appx January 1961 - 1962 Wikipedia entry: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alar_Toomre> Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics Astrophysics, Stellar Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics Room 2253A Phone x31796 toomre@math.mit.edu Alar Toomre received S.B. degrees in aeronautics and physics from MIT in 1957. Under a Marshall Scholarship, he completed the Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1960. He took appointment at MIT as a CLE Moore instructor (1960… text/html 2025-01-01T01:12:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) http://www.mit81.com/baker/doku.php?id=housemasters:watson&rev=1735693924&do=diff Professor William B. Watson & Myra Harrison-Watson Housemaster: 1989 - 2005 William B. 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