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Charles Duane Baker Jr. (born November 13, 1956) is an American politician who is the current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023, and held two cabinet positions under two previous governors of Massachusetts.
[1] [2] He was the son of Charles D. Baker, Jr. (d. 1971), a prominent Republican politician from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Eleanor (Little) Baker. His grandfather was also named Charles D. Baker (1846–1934), and was a United States Attorney and member of the New York State Assembly .
- Born in Elmira, NY. Baker was born in the city of Elmira in the state of New York. It can be considered the center of Chemung County, seeing as how it serves as its county seat as well as the principal city of the Elmira, NY metropolitan statistical area that encompasses the entire county.
- The Fourth of His Name. Amusingly, Baker is the fourth person in four generations of his family to bear his name. His great-grandfather was named Charles Duane Baker; his grandfather was named Charles Duane Baker; and his father is named Charles Duane Baker.
- His Parents Had Opposing Politics. Politics is one of those contentious issues that can cause a relationship between two people to fail. However, that wasn't the case for Baker's parents, which is rather remarkable considering that his mother was a liberal Democrat and his father was a conservative Republican.
- Studied At Harvard University. Eventually, Baker received his bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University. He is less than enthusiastic about the experience, as shown by his explicit statement that he would prefer to forget most of the time that he spent there.
His father was a conservative republican and investor at the ‘Westinghouse Electric Corporation while his mother was a liberal democrat. Baker had two younger brothers, Jonathan and Alex. His grandfather and great grandfather served in the public sector.
Jun 12, 2024 · Charles Duane Baker Jr. is no wallflower. Say what you will about what has certainly become a diminished NCAA, but its leader has shown a quality rarely seen in the association's history: a...
- Dennis Dodd
Life and career. Charles Duane Baker III was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was the son of Charles D. Baker, Jr. (d. 1971), a prominent Republican politician from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Eleanor (Little) Baker.
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Baker was the 72nd Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 2015 to 2023. [2] He was a cabinet official under two Massachusetts governors, spent ten years as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. He was also the Republican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in his unsuccessful bid in 2010.
