Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse

Death of Chester Baker

Posted by on February 4, 2019

Chester Hugh Baker, 104, passed away Jan. 27 in Rolla. He is a 1955 civil engineering graduate of S&T (then known as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy). He worked at the U.S. Geological Survey in Rolla for more than 30 years, retiring in 1981. Baker is the namesake of the Chester and Evelyn Baker Greenhouse, located on the roof of the Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Building.

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