Michael Baker:  

MICHAEL D. BAKER ¿ BIOGRAPHY ¿ CLASS OF JUNE 1957 AFTER GRADUATING, JUST OVER FIFTY YEARS AGO, I ATTENDED SACRAMENTO CITY COLLEGE WHERE I MET MY LIFETIME PARTNER AND WIFE MARLA DUNLAP (A MC CLATCHY GRAD.). WE TOOK A LEAVE AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF AND GOT MARRIED AND HAD THREE KIDS IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF OUR MARRIAGE, SO NEEDLESS TO SAY WE ARE STILL ON THAT EXTENDED LEAVE. WE HAVE FOUR GRANDKIDS RANGING IN AGES FOUR TO SEVENTEEN. THAT SAME YEAR I WENT TO WORK FOR WESCO, THE ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION ARM OF WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. I WAS THE MANAGER OF THE SACRAMENTO PLANT FOR EIGHT YEARS AND IN 1968 WAS PROMOTED TO THEIR NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN PITTSBURGH, PA. FINALLY, IN 1974 I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO THE WEST COAST AS A REGIONAL MANAGER IN THE BAY AREA. IN 1991, AFTER OVER THIRTY THREE YEARS I TOOK AN EARLY RETIREMENT DUE TO A CORPORATE RESTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ME TO RELOCATE BACK TO PITTSBURGH. I THEN OWNED AND RAN A FRANCHISED AUTO TUNE-UP BUSINESS; TIMING IS EVERYTHING AND MINE WAS BAD AND I WAS FORCED TO CLOSE IT. IN 1993 I W...Expand for more