Warren J Baker Center for Science and Mathematics - San Luis Obispo, CA - People-Named Places on Waymarking.com

The Place:
Construction is underway now and expected to finish by Fall 2013 on the $132 million Center for Science and Mathematics. When complete, the building will feature nearly 200,000 square feet of classrooms, research space, laboratories, offices, and study spaces.

The six-story center will be the second largest academic building on campus, next to the Robert E. Kennedy Library, and will feature state-of-the-art teaching and study space along with research space for the Kenneth N. Edwards Western Coatings Technology Center and the Environmental Biotechnology Institute.

The Person:
Dr. Warren J. Baker was named university president of California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in 1979, the youngest campus president in CSU history. He served with distinction in that role until his retirement, July 31, 2010.

Dr. Baker oversaw the upgrade and expansion of the campus by nearly $1 billion thanks to investment from a variety of public and private sources. He guided the creation of a new campus master plan that increased enrollment and expanded campus education and housing facilities. Dr. Baker's leadership was instrumental in the development of the university by increasing the breadth of academic programs with the additions of 20 majors, 72 minors, and 15 master's degree programs and by stewarding the university's athletic programs to Division I status. He made it a priority to develop the university’s fundraising prowess and succeeded in building the largest endowment among the CSU’s 23 campuses. In 2004, he received the Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE, Far Western Region). In the process, Baker raised the awareness of the university to a nationally recognized level, and Cal Poly has been ranked the Best Public Masters-level University in the West by U.S. News and World Report for the past 19 years. 

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