Davis L. Baker Jr.

Davis L Baker Jr, a former longtime Darien resident, died a year ago, on May 5, 2011, in Santa Barbara, Calif, after a long period of failing health He was 99

He was born in Clifton, NJ, on Aug 23, 1911, raised in New Rochelle, NY, graduated from Phillips Academy Andover, Yale University and Harvard Business School He retired from the First Boston Corporation in 1975 after a long career in investment banking that included setting up and running the first foreign offices of that company in London and Zurich, 1965-68

Mr Baker lived in Darien from 1948-2007, except for the period in London He read everything and remembered most of it  He had lifelong interests in antiques, art, architecture, astronomy, golf,  history, economics, geography, medicine, music, sports and unsolved mysteries  He was a  lifelong member of the St Elmo Society, charter member of the Country Club of Darien, longtime member of the Noroton Presbyterian Church and the Darien Historical Society

His wife, Dorothy Maulsby Baker, and his son, Davis L Baker, III (Skip), predeceased him and he is survived by his daughter, Deborah M Baker, granddaughters Elizabeth Baker McMillan and Margo Baker Thompson and four great grandsons