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Ronald Baker Obituary
He succumbed to influenza pneumonia.
Ron died in the comfort of his own home with Darryl Kalbaugh, his loving partner of 28 years and brother in law and sister in law Douglas and Deborah Kalbaugh at his side.
Ron is survived by Darryl and Darryl's extended family.
Ron grew up in Baton Rouge Louisiana. He was a Fulbright scholar and received his PhD from Harvard University. Ron then went on to teach German Literature at Tulane University.
Not fulfilled in that role Ron moved to San Francisco and studied Transcendental Meditation which he then taught.
Later in life, with the AIDS crisis looming he went to work at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation where he started their first print treatment publication that he named BETA, the Bulletin Of Experimental Treatments For AIDS.
Ron went on to create the Foundation's Treatment and Advocacy Department which he led.
Ron left the Foundation after many years and became founder and medical editor for his website HIVandHepatitis.com. A treatment website for HIV and viral hepatitis.
Ron was an incredible individual who worked tirelessly helping others.
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Patricia Graham
May 21, 2017
I met Ron, then known as Ronnie, when we were in seventh grade in Louisiana. We shared a class and from then we were dear friends. I loved him and still do. Kind, so smart, funny, interesting and such a good friend. He had a hard early life but rose above it. I looked for him for years, wanted to see him. And now he is gone. It is so god to know he was happy and lived such a fine life.
carol olicker
April 23, 2017
I loved Ron Baker..we worked together closely at the SF Transcendental Meditation World Plan Center as co-chairs of the Students International Meditation Society(SIMS). At a time when there could easily be bickering among people working there, Ron and I never fell into that. He was always supportive, humorous, and o so bright. I fashioned my introductory lecture after some of the points he had created for his. After he went on the sidi's course, where he had a bad headache, he fell away from the TM movement, but we kept in touch sporadically, mainly thru his on-line offerings on AIDS research etc. The last time I saw him he was deliriously happy..newly in love with a young man he adored, and having just moved into a beautiful home having inherited a generous sum from an aunt and doing well himself in the stock market. I will never forget the sound of his laughter, and his dry wit. Ronald Baker, I love you. Grateful to the young man who filled his life with love and happiness til the end..
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