Alfred Lee Baker

Remembering Dr Alfred Baker everyday with respect, gratitude and love - William and Elizabeth Harrington Lynch 2023

I first met Al Baker at am AGA reception for Tufts in the late 70s. We bonded when I came back to Chicago as we were both disciples of Marshall Kaplan. When I joined the University of Chicago staff in the 80´s, our friendship became closer My wife and I were always delighted to get Dot´s Christmas Cards and would occasionally go out to dinner with them. I am happy that my wife and I and my friend Hemant Roy and his wife were able to have dinne with Al at Hugos a few months ago. Al devoured...

On December 23, 1996 Dr Alfred Baker saved the life of William "Bill" Lynch , a noted international diplomat. Bill was a senior member of famous Nixon-Kissinger team which opened US -China relations. He contracted a virus in China. He was so ill that other doctors were afraid to operate on him. Dr Baker persuaded his friend Dr Jim Williams at Rush to perform a liver and kidney transplant on Bill. The surgery was a great success . Thanks to " Al" , Bill woke up on December 25, 1996 and lived...

You took a risk in 2005.......I believe I was one of your last patients. April 5, 2022......17 years since my liver transplant. You were my angel.......Not a day has gone by without you in my thoughts. Rest well my friend. Our world has lost a great man.