In Memoriam…
Industry veteran Reg Baker died on May 16 after a brief battle with cancer. His long career in marketing research began in 1984 when he started working for the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, moving on to Market Strategies Inc. from 1995 to 2012. After his first retirement in 2012 he switched to consulting and teaching, working with ESOMAR, AAPOR, the International Journal of Market Research, the market research programs of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University and the Marketing Research Institute International (MRII), where he was executive director from 2014-2018. As an acknowledgement of his accomplishments in the field, MRII introduced the Reg Baker Award in 2020. He was also elected to the Market Research Council’s Hall of Fame and was named a laureate by the Insights Association. As an homage to his love for birds and nature, the family asks that anyone wishing to memorialize his life consider donating to the American Birding Association or the National Audubon Society.
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