The Grainger College of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Ira O. Baker named Department Head

7/18/2022 10:05:41 AM [author]

Photo: University of Illinois Archives

Ira Osborn Baker becomes department head in 1878, a position he will hold until 1915. Baker received his BS and CE degrees from U of I in 1874 and 1878. He was given temporary charge of the Department in 1878 and appointed Assistant Professor in Charge of Civil Engineering in 1879. He was promoted to Professor in Charge of the Department in 1880.