Most Worshipful Brother Bill F. Baker

Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Utah 1982

On February 2, 1982, Brother Bill F. Baker was installed as the 107th Grand Master at the Grand Lodge of Utah. Brother Baker was born November 5,1925 in Helper, Utah. He attended school in the Uintah Basin and, later, Salt Lake public schools. After graduating from West High School in Salt Lake City, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force.

His occupation since 1945 has been with Western Air Lines until 1956. During that period of time, he also attended the University of Utah, School of Business. In 1956 he was employed by Mountain Bell Telephone Company where he has served in various capacities at different locations in Utah serving as Manager in Price, Utah, for the past twelve years. He has recently been transferred to Salt Lake City as Manager of Network Switched Services.

Brother Baker has been active in various civic organizations in the communities he has lived. At this time, he is serving as President of the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Board of Advisors for the Southeastern Utah United Way, of which he was one of the original trustees.

Brother Baker has worked with youth programs and has served with the Boy Scouts of America in various capacities.

Masonically, he has been associated with all phases of the Fraternity. He is a member of Joppa Lodge No. 26 and served as Worshipful Master in 1974. He is, also, a member of the Scottish and York Rites and a Noble in El Kalah Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S..

In the York Rite, he is a Past High Priest, Price Chapter No.6 R.A.M., Past Illustrious Master, Solomon Council No.4, R. & S.M., and Past Commander, Charles Fred Jennings Commandery No.6, K.T. Other honors bestowed on Brother Baker include: Order of High Priesthood, Thrice Illustrious Master, Order of the Silver Trowel, K.Y.C.H. and the Red Cross of Constantine. He is the recipient of the DeMolay Legion of Honor and the DeMolay Cross of Honor.

Brother Baker is a member of the Royal Order of Jesters and the Royal Order of Scotland. He is very interested in the Masonic youth and is championing the youth cause in Grand Lodge.

He is interested in outdoor sports, specifically, fishing and motorcycling.

Brother Baker is married to Phyllis and they have four children, three girls and one boy, and 5 grandchildren.

Electronically Transcribed as written without corrections to grammar or spelling by Aaron E. Saathoff, P.M., March, 2005.