Baker, Morton (Morton H.), 1921-2001

Morton H. ("Terry") Baker (1921-2001) lived in Concord for over fifty years. He was married to Mary Elizabeth ("Betsy") Gillette in 1947. They had two daughters and a son. Morton Baker graduated from Harvard, served in the Air Corps during World War II, and subsequently worked for 35 years in the trade book division of Houghton Mifflin. A skilled watercolorist and an avid outdoorsman, he traveled extensively. An active citizen, he served on the Concord Finance, Town Report, and Records and Archives Committees, and the Mill Brook Task Force. He was also a founder and captain of the Concord Minute Men and a director of the Kalmia Woods Corporation. The Mill Brook arises in Lincoln, Mass. and flows for three miles into the Concord River. About 2100 acres from Crosby's Corner to Meriam's Corner, the Town Forest, and Concord Center are drained by the Mill Brook. The lower Mill Brook is channeled along the backyards of businesses and homes and flows under three local roads as well as small footbridges and walkways. The Mill Brook Task Force was formed in 1995 to restore and protect Concord's Mill Brook and its watershed by developing, championing, and participating in the implementation of a masterplan. The goal is an ecologically sound and scenic system with clean water and a protected watershed which will provide for passive recreation and will be aesthetically appealing.