James A. Baker III

Education

B.A. Classics, Princeton University, 1952

J.D. with honors, University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1957

Jim Baker served as Pres. Ronald Reagan's White House Chieff of Staff and Secretary of the Treasury (1985-1988). Under Pres. George H. Bush, he was Secretary of State (1989-1992). Most recently, Baker co-chaired the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan blue-ribbon commission charged in 2006 with making recommendations to President George W. Bush and Congress for a new direction in the Iraq War.

Currently, Jim Baker is a senior partner in the law firm of Baker & Botts and serves on the boards of Rice University, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and a number of other non-profit organizations. The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Texas, is named after him.

Links

Article in Current Biography 2007