The Master's Complex Priorities: An International Thriller (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781727132649)

George C. Baker, Author Biography Since he started his educational career over 46 years ago, George has taught AP History and AP Macroeconomics and served as an educational administrator in New York, California, Arizona, Maryland, Hawaii, and the Netherlands at the American School of The Hague. Over those years, he has served as History Department Chair, Division Head at the Middle and High School levels, Assistant Headmaster, and Headmaster. In 1977 he received a U.S. State Department Economic Fellowship to Greece. In 1995 he served on the United Nations delegation to the Russian Ministry of Education for seventeen weeks visiting ten pedagogical institutes throughout Russia. George has served on the Harvard Graduate School of Education National Advisory Board (1995-2006) and as Chairman (2000-2006). He has served on the Federal Reserve Bank Economic Education Committee (1994-2002), and the ASCD National Health Education Committee (2004). It is rare to find an educator with the breadth of experience including Parochial K-8, Coed public 6-8, International PreK-12, Coed Independent PreK-12, All Girls 4-12, All Boys K-8, and Episcopal PreK-12 Schools. George has served on nine different accreditation teams and led four in Arizona, California, Maryland, and Hawaii. His last position as Headmaster (2005-2014) was leading the founding of a coed Prek-12 independent school on the island of Maui. He serves as the Board President of Global Tech High School for the past four years. George officially retired in 2014. George played and captained four years of collegiate level tennis was a semi-finalist in the Orange Bowl classic tournament, and played very briefly at the professional level in 1966. Most recently he has involved himself in producing, showing and selling wire sculptures in a Maui Upcountry Gallery. He has completed book three of an outlined six-book series of international intrigue thrillers. A world traveler, George has lived abroad for six years and visited 132 different countries. He is a Bronze Star recipient and decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. He is a certified scuba diver, enjoys tennis, surfing, kayaking, standup paddleboarding, snow skiing, and rock climbing. He is married living in Maui, HI; has two sons and four grandchildren living in the Phoenix area.