Selections from William O. Baker Interviews

Conducted by Dr. A. Michael Noll in 2002-03

The following are selections from taped interviews of Dr. William O. Baker conducted in 2002 and 2003 by Dr. A. Michael Noll. The interviews were done in his office at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ or at the King James Care Center in Chatham, NJ. The Chatham interviews have the background noise of the nursing home. Click on the Link for selections from a specific interview.

Date

Topic

Venue

Link

March 28, 2002
• Diversity of people hired at Bell labs Bell Labs DIVERSITY

August 2, 2002

• One room school house

• Parents

Bell Labs

CHILDHOOD

August 2, 2002

• Greatest accomplishment

• Graphite carbon

Bell Labs

CARBON

October 2, 2003

• Ehrlichman & Haldeman influence on President Nixon

• The “terrible tangle”

• Nixon & Kissinger

King James

NIXON

October 5, 2003

• Assessment of various Presidents

King James

PRESIDENTS

October 5, 2003

• Oppenheimer & Teller; Star Wars

King James

STAR WARS

October 15, 2003

• President Johnson; Kennedy people; telephone use

• Johnson isolation; supper

King James

JOHNSON

October 19, 2003

• Cuban missile crisis

• Kennedy assassination

• WOB personal reaction

King James

KENNEDY

October 30, 2003

• Group discovery credit; John R. Pierce

King James

CREDIT

 

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