J. R. Baker
1973 Bio Note [1]
J. R. Baker MA(Cantab), FLEE, Fellow was educated at the Leys School and Cambridge University.
Following an apprenticeship with Greenwood & Batley, Leeds, he joined the Hunslet Engine Co for a period as a Service Engineer in New Zealand.
Subsequently his career has been in the heavy crane industry in which he began as Works Engineer at Clyde Crane & Engineering Co, becoming General Manager. He transferred to Clyde Crane & Booth Ltd, Leeds, in 1956 and in 1965 was appointed Technical Director.
In 1969, Clyde Crane and Booth, together with Wellman Cranes and Sir William Arrol, were merged to form the Crane & Bridge Division of Clarke Chapman-John Thompson Ltd and in 1970 he was appointed to his present position as Managing Director of the Crane & Bridge Division.