Lenox Dial Baker Sr. (November 10, 1902 – June 2, 1995) was an American

orthopedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics ( alternatively spelt orthopaedics), is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal ...

and athletic trainer at both

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and

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. The Lenox Baker Children's Hospital at Duke is named in his honor. He graduated from the

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, where he was later a professor. He was the first director (later secretary) of the North Carolina Department of Human Resources (later renamed the

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). Baker was inducted into the

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in 1983.

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NC Sports Hall of Fame
State cabinet secretaries of North Carolina American orthopedic surgeons University of Tennessee alumni Duke University School of Medicine alumni Duke University faculty 1902 births 1995 deaths 20th-century American politicians 20th-century surgeons {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub