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Transportation professor George Roorbach dies unexpectedly; Harvard economics instructor George P. Baker agrees to fill in

Transportation professor George Roorbach dies unexpectedly; Harvard economics instructor George P. Baker agrees to fill in

George P. Baker helps War Department plan for demoblization of aircraft industry

George P. Baker helps War Department plan for demoblization of aircraft industry

Committee on Faculty Organization is created

In response to growing size of faculty, a "Committee on Faculty Organization," chaired by George P. Baker, is created to study and make recommendations about how faculty should be organized

Baker asks Marvin Bower (MBA '30) to head committee to study relations between alumni and HBS

Baker asks Marvin Bower (MBA '30) to head committee to study relations between alumni and HBS

Dean Baker appointed

Transportation expert George P. Baker is named the School's 5th dean.

Dean Teele resigns; George P. Baker is named acting dean

After a month back at HBS, Teele resigns (on March 20) for medical reasons; George P. Baker is named acting dean

Faculty discuss the "Planning for Change" report and the Faculty Organization Committee's report

Beginning in October, Baker leads tumultuous faculty discussion of the "Planning for Change" report and the Faculty Organization Committee's report

Baker worries that HBS is too dependent on "soft money"

Baker worries that HBS is too dependent on "soft money"

Baker writes that HBS wants to increase applications from women and minorities

Baker writes that HBS wants to increase applications from women and minorities

Clark Wilson leaves HBS

Clark Wilson leaves HBS to become director of INCAE in January; in July, Dean Baker attends groundbreaking ceremony in Managua

Dean Baker asks Chris Christensen to develop a program to help other HBS professors improve their teaching

Dean Baker asks Chris Christensen to develop a program to help other HBS professors improve their teaching

Entering MBA class includes students from "underprivileged backgrounds"

Entering MBA class includes 27 students from "underprivileged backgrounds," up from 3 in the entering class 2 years earlier; Baker confirms that faculty's 1958 vote calls for a diverse entering class

HBS responds to demands that it do more about Vietnam and the "Negro question"

In response to student and faculty demands that HBS do more about Vietnam and the "Negro question," Baker writes that the job of HBS is to "preserve and enhance the climate" that allows the pursuit of truth

"Leadership potential" is important as an admissions criteria

Baker writes that "leadership potential" has always been an important admissions criterion

Baker calls for Trade Union Program review

Baker, concerned about the "undynamic" Trade Union Program, which has little interaction with rest of HBS, calls for a program review

Chaired professorships increase during Baker's tenure

During Baker's tenure, number of chaired professorships has increased from 13 to 35

Students must have 2 years work experience before entering MBA program

Baker questions whether informal "requirement" that students have at least 2 years of work experience before entering MBA program be made formal

New AMP building is dedicated

New AMP building is dedicated and named for outgoing Dean Baker

On 'Managing the Resource Allocation Process' VIDEO: RT: 02:41

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Joseph Bower about the support he received from HBS for his research in the area of corporate decision making, from which he wrote the book 'Managing the Resource Allocation Process.'

Psychoanalysis and Business Education VIDEO: RT: 01:57

Interview clip with HBS faculty member Abraham Zaleznik who talks about Dean George Baker's role in the progression of his career at HBS, his endorsement of his plan for training in psychoanalysis, and how he incorporated his expertise into a doctoral seminar to teach psychoanalytical theories and ideas and to assist the students with formulating their dissertation projects.