BAKER, William A.

Dr. William A. Baker, 90, who practiced dentistry in Phoenix from 1920 to 1967, died Dec. 31, 1981, in Doctors Hospital. Dr. Baker, of 207 W. Clarendon, served three years as chairman of the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners. He was a charter member of the Phoenix Executives Club and served as its third president. He was former dental chairman of the National Advisory Committee to the Selective Service and was a chairman of the Phoenix Civil Service Board. Dr. Baker was born in Ewing, Illinois, and came to Arizona in 1918. He graduated from St. Louis University Dental Department in 1916 and served as chief dental surgeon, at two Army base hospitals from 1917 to 1920. In later years, he took graduate courses at schools in Illinois and Colorado and in 1958, at age 67, completed a year at Baylor University post graduate school for peridontology and received a bachelor of science in dentistry. Dr. Baker was a member of the staffs of Valley hospitals, local and national professional organizations, the Methodist Church, El Zaribah Shrine, Phoenix Hiram Club, Luke-Greenway American Legion, Arizona State University Foundation, Phoenix Country Club, Arizona Club and National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Survivors include his wife, Beulah Robbs Baker; son, Dr. William D. Baker; stepson, A. B. Robbs, Jr.; two grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Private services at A. L. Moore & Sons Mortuary. Burial in Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott. Funeral announcement: Dr. William A. Baker. Private services in Chapel of Memories, A. L. Moore & Sons. Interment in Mountain View Cemetery, Prescott. A memorial to the St. Joseph Hospital Dental Clinic is preferred. 1/1-2/1982