Currently in retail management in Upstate New York, Baker, a native Texan, is a graduate of State University of New York (Albany) with a BA in Asian Studies, (minor in classical Chinese literature), a Graduate Certificate in US Urban Policy, and a Masters (MRP) in Regional and Urban Planning, Third World. After several months in the early 70's with a mining company in Honduras he worked for three years in Saudi Arabia with a civil engineering firm from Houston, and worked throughout Southeast Asia, China, and Northern Africa with Halliburton for nearly a decade, based out of Singapore. During his years living in Singapore he was also known for his radio and television voice-over work. Baker returned to the US in 1985 to complete academic interests and continues to live in New York.
I enjoyed the CBS News piece on Vidal... he was quite the individual.
ReplyDeleteI like that quote, but I didn't care for him
ReplyDelete..just me
Suz, I liked the literary part of him, but his politics wasn't for me...
DeleteOh, I would buy that! Just awesome. Thanks.
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