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Genealogy for Alice Elizabeth "Betty" Baker (Ghormley) (1932 - 2016) family tree on Geni, with over 240 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
He married Alice Elizabeth "Betty" Ghormley of Rochester, Minnesota on June 4, 1955. They moved to Elmira, New York, where he became a buyer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. They had three sons, Charles Duane Jr., Jonathan, and Alex. While at Westinghouse, he moved to New Jersey in 1957.
Alice, Elizabeth "Betty" Baker (born Ghormley) was born on month day 1932, in birth place, Minnesota, to Ralph, Kalb Ghormley and Jean Ghormley (born McDougall).
His mother, Alice Elizabeth "Betty" (née Ghormley) (1932–2016), remained at home. Baker's father was a conservative Republican and his mother a liberal Democrat; the family was often drawn into political arguments at the dinner table. In 1965 his father became vice president of Harbridge House, a Boston management consulting firm.
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Charles Duane Baker (born June 21, 1928) is an American businessman and government official. He served in several departmental roles in the Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan administrations, including Under Secretary of Health and Human Services (1984–1985). He is the father of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.
Baker was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He was the son of Charles D. Baker, Jr. (?–1971), a prominent Republican politician from Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Eleanor (Little) Baker. His grandfather was also named Charles D. Baker (1846–1934), and was a United States Attorney and member of the New York State Assembly. The young Baker had two sisters, Caroline R. Baker and Nancy B. Kobick. He attended Baldwin High School in Baldwin, New York, and graduated in 1945. He went on to attend Harvard College, and graduated in 1951 with an A.B. He spent 1946 to 1948 in the United States Navy in aviation, and returned from 1951 to 1953. In the Navy he achieved the rank of lieutenant (junior grade). He then returned to Harvard, receiving an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1955.
He married Alice Elizabeth "Betty" Ghormley of Rochester, Minnesota on June 4, 1955. They moved to Elmira, New York, where he became a buyer for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. They had three sons, Charles Duane IV, Jonathan, and Alex. While at Westinghouse he moved to New Jersey in 1957. Baker moved back to Massachusetts to serve as vice president of United Research, an economic research firm, from 1961 to 1965.
Ralph Kalb Ghormley is in the 2nd generation of the family tree for Alice Elizabeth Ghormley (Ahnentafel #2). Source citations are included at the bottom of the page.
Nov 13, 2016 · Son of Charles D. Baker and Alice Elizabeth "Betty" Baker Husband of Private . Managed by: Tamás Flinn Caldwell-Gilbert: Last Updated: October 13, 2016
