# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-ransom-gail-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:33:20.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-ransom-gail-baker"
name: "Walter Ransom Gail Baker"
slug: "walter-ransom-gail-baker"
description: "Walter Ransom Gail Baker was an American electrical engineer. He was a vice president of General Electric, and was Director of Engineering for the Radio Manufacturers Association. At the urging of James Lawrence Fly, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Baker founded the National Television System Committee, or NTSC, in 1940. He served as president of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) in 1947."
tagline: "American electrical engineer (1892-1960)"
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
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birthDate: "1892-11-30"
deathDate: "1960-10-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump