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Dalia served as a communications specialist in Albania, writing
about working in Albania-Kosovo for PC(U.S.A.) publications. She
also taught in the mission school that services the evangelical
community in Albania. Besides these two jobs, Dalia set up a TOEFL
(teachers of English as a foreign language) program for an another
school and is doing teacher training on ESL (English as a second
language), pedagogy and some alternative teaching techniques.
She prepared and presented seminars twice a month for the faculty
of this school.
Bob and Dalia responded to the call to serve. Dalia writes, "For
the past several years, Bob and I would often speak about doing
some mission or service work when we retired... After we arrived
in Chicago and started attending Fourth Presbyterian Church, John
Buchanan’s sermons emphasized the role and duty of service
for a Christian. I had been a refugee child after the WW II, so
when the Kosovo crisis occurred, it became obvious to me that
there was a need to serve now. We retired from our jobs, sold
our home and moved to Albania."
Bob has had a rewarding career as a lawyer. He graduated from
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, with a BA in political
science. Since graduation from Yale Law School in 1968, he has
been a lawyer except for a period working in the Finance Department
of the State of Ohio. He practiced law from 1968 to 1971 in New
York City for the firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
and from 1973 to 1999 for the firm Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.
With the latter firm, Bob worked in Cleveland, Ohio; Los Angeles,
California; Tokyo, Japan; and Chicago, Illinois. He was a partner
of Jones Day from 1977 until his retirement in 1999. His law practice
focused on corporate law, international transactions, securities,
and government relations.
Dalia received her BS in education from St. John College in Cleveland,
Ohio, and her MS in education from Hunter College in New York
City. Her work history is in education. She has been a teacher
for the past 30 years and taught every age level, every grade
in several states. Dalia’s specialty is Braille. She has
set up programs for blind infant education, trained teachers,
taught ESL, wrote curriculums, taught young blind adults to set
up small businesses, and presented papers and seminars at many
teacher conventions nationwide.
The Bakers are members of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago,
Illinois. Bob is an elder and has been a trustee and chair of
the educational outreach committee at Fourth Presbyterian Church.
Dalia has been a Sunday school teacher, library volunteer, hospice
volunteer, and choir group parent volunteer.
Bob and Dalia are the parents of two adult married daughters,
Jennifer and Kristina.
Birthdays:
Bob - November 17
Dalia - September 19
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