James Baker

Social : None | End a program of study 1952 (Received BA from Princeton) | Relationship : None | Marriage 1953 (Mary McHenry) | Social : None | End a program of study 1957 (Passed bar exam) | : None | Death of Mate February 1970 (Wife Mary died of cancer) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1972 (Ran the Nixon campaign) | Relationship : None | Marriage 6 August 1973 (Second marriage, Susan Winston) | Work : None | New Job 15 August 1976 (Named Chairman of the Ford Committee) | : None | Death of Significant person 1977 (Wife's parents killed in car accident) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1978 (Candidate for State Attorney General) | Family : None | Change in family responsibilities 1978 (Daughter born) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1979 (Ran Bush's campaign) | Work : None | New Job 14 November 1980 (Chief of Staff) | Work : None | New Job September 1989 (Entered Bush's cabinet) | Traits : Personality | Active | Traits : Personality | Articulate | Family : Childhood | Advantaged (Raised well-to-do) | Family : Childhood | Family noted (Son and grandson of lawyers) | Family : Childhood | Sibling circumstances (One sister schizophrenic) | Family : Relationship | Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Mary 17 years, Susan from 1973) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Two) | Family : Relationship | Widowed (First wife died of cancer) | Family : Parenting | Foster, Step, or Adopted Kids (Three stepkids with Susan) | Family : Parenting | Hardship - Little money (Widowed with 4 boys, age 8 to 15) | Family : Parenting | Kids more than 3 (Five, four boys and one girl, plus 3 stepkids) | Family : Parenting | Kids - Drug involved (One son, marijuana) | Lifestyle : Financial | Gain - Financial success in field | Lifestyle : Social Life | Outdoors (Fishing) | Lifestyle : Social Life | Sports (Avid tennis player) | Vocation : Law | Attorney | Vocation : Military | Military service (Two years Marines) | Vocation : Politics | Government employee (Chief of Staff, campaign manager, cabinet administrator) | Notable : None | For Problem Solving | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession