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Paul Baker, legendary Texas theater educator, 1911-2009
Paul Baker — influential Texas theater educator — passed away at the age of 98.
He died at the hospital on Sunday morning, October 25 due to complications from pneumonia, a press release from Dallas Theatre Center reported. Baker was the founder of the Dallas Thearre Center as well as the founding principal of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.
Among Baker’s contributions to the fields of theater and education continue to be celebrated. Over a long career as chair of the drama department at Baylor University, Baker honed his ideas about an integrated approach to the study of the arts (theater in particular), an approach still upheld today.
Read anAmerican-Statesman profile of Baker.
The Baker Idea Institute at the Dallas Theatre Center continues his legacy.
A public memorial and celebration of the life and work of Dr. Baker is being planned to take place at Rosewood Center for Family Arts in Dallas in early December. Details to be announced.
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By Brent Hasty
October 27, 2009 9:33 AM | Link to this
We will miss him. Paul Baker inspired generations.