Harold Albert Baker (October 4, 1929 – September 18, 2023) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. He was originally appointed to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois in 1978 by Jimmy Carter and then reassigned to the newly created Central District in 1979. He became a senior judge in 1994. He was also a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court until 2005.
Harold Albert Baker
Illinois Central District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Born 1929 in Mt. Kisco, NY
Died 2023 in Champaign, IL
FJC ID: 79
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Champaign, Illinois1956–1978
Adjunct faculty member · 1972–1978- President's Commission on CIA Activities in the United StatesSenior counsel · 1975
U.S. Navy lieutenant1951–1953
Appointments
1979–2022 (None (reassignment))Term ended: Retirement- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois1978–1979 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Reassignment
Education
- Columbia University
- J.D. · 1956
- University of IllinoisA.B. · 1951