In 1929, Baker was recruited by Wilburt C. Davison (first dean of the Duke University School of Medicine) to become the first dean of the Duke University School of Nursing. Baker officially joined Duke University in 1930 as professor and dean; the...
Members of first physical therapy class (1943), left to right: Philip Riddleberger, Barbara Perkins, unknown patient, unknown instructor, John Riebel, Margaret Poole.