Alfred A. Baker (2025)
Alfred A. Baker was appointed to The University of Toledo Board of Trustees by Ohio
Governor John Kasich in July 2016. He has served in various roles including chair
of the Board from July 2020 through June 2022. He currently is a member of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee, Finance and Audit Committee
and Trusteeship and Governance Committee.
Baker retired in March 2006 from Owens-Illinois, where he served as vice president of human resources since 1992.
He previously served as a member of the Medical College of Ohio Board of Trustees where he was Chair from 2004 to 2006. He joined the Medical College of Ohio Board in 1995 to complete an unfinished term and was reappointed to a full term in 1998. At the end of his term in 2007, he was the first Trustee to complete his service after the 2006 merger of the former Medical College of Ohio and UToledo.
Baker is a past member of the Fifth Third Bank Board of Directors (Northwest Ohio), and is a past member of the Toledo Employers Association Board. He previously served on The University of Toledo Foundation Board of Trustees as well as the Medical College of Ohio Foundation Board of Trustees.
Baker is a UToledo graduate who was a member of the 1969-1971 undefeated football teams with a record of 35-0. He was elected to the UToledo Hall of Fame in 1998. He received The University of Toledo Outstanding Community Service Award in 2011. In 2017, he was selected to the UToledo All-Century Football Team (#23).