ISAIAH BAKER

I just learned of Professor Baker's passing in the alumni magazine of St Johnsbury Academy where we were boarding students together in 1955-56. He was one of only three African American students in the school and at that time I sensed that he was going to do very well in life. Even then he carried himself with a quiet dignity in an environment that was quite hostile at times although he did connect with some of us at a deeper level. I regret that we were only together for one year and that I...