David Hiram Baker (February 26, 1939 – December 2, 2009) was an American animal nutritionist who was elected to the

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in 2005. Baker is

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of animal sciences and nutritional sciences at the

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. In 1987, he received the National Academy of Sciences' Distinguished Service Award.

Education

Baker earned a

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degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965; his thesis was titled ''Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation of the Amino Acid Needs of Adult Swine for Maintenance''. He then spent two years as a senior scientist with the

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, then returned to join the

faculty in the Department of Animal Sciences and Division of Nutritional Sciences, where he remained for the rest of his career. Baker published 510 peer-reviewed papers, mainly in non-ruminant nutrition (i.e., swine and poultry nutrition), with research and teaching emphases on nutritional principles involving amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients.

References

External links

J. E. Pettigrew, R. N. Dilger, J. W. Erdman, Jr., C. M. Parsons, R. A. Easter, S. M. Donovan, and D. E. Bauman, "David H. Baker", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Animal nutritionists University of Illinois faculty University of Illinois College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, David 1939 births 2009 deaths