Gordon “Stub” Baker 1927 Service Award Recipients

In February 1998, the Clarkson Alumni Association established the Gordon C. Baker ’27 Service Citation. The award is intended to recognize the importance of leadership and service by alumni to Clarkson’s regional alumni chapters.

The Chapter Service Citation has been named to memorialize Gordon C. “Stub” Baker, for his devotion to Clarkson and his contributions to the Alumni Association.  An electrical engineering major and member of the Class of 1927, Stub passed away on April 11, 1988, leaving a legacy as one of Clarkson’s most dedicated and devoted alumni, a Clarkson ambassador extraordinaire.  For 61 years, the Alumni Association Board of Governors relied on Stub’s leadership, involvement, and most importantly, his enthusiasm for everything connected with Clarkson.  Clarkson events were not truly “alumni events” unless Stub, and his wife Dottie, were present.  Stub had the rare ability to make his fellow alumni feel they had attended college together, regardless of their differences in age. 

Stub was a long-standing member of the Alumni Association Board of Governors and served as president in 1948-49.  He was always active in regional chapter activities, class reunions, and as a Clarkson Fund volunteer.  He was an alumni advisor to many Clarkson presidents, recruited dozens of Clarkson students and student-athletes.  He was a “fixture” on campus, often traveling from his home in Elma, New York to Potsdam to participate in various Clarkson activities.  In recognition of his love for Clarkson, Stub was named as the first recipient of the prestigious Golden Knight Award in 1962.  Stub was truly one of Clarkson’s foremost ambassadors.  It is fitting that this award be named in his honor. 

Award Recipients

* Deceased Alumni