Sacramento County
Biographies
HARRY S. BAIRD
HARRY S. BAIRD.—Long experience,
general business ability and progressive methods are winning for Harry S. Baird
a well-deserved success in Sacramento
County. He was born in Marquette,
Kansas, on June 6, 1888, the son of Dr. O. W. and Charlotte
(Rink) Baird, the former a practicing physician in Marquette,
where he is well and favorably known.
Harry
S. Baird completed the grammar and high school courses while living in Kansas;
then entered the Kansas State
Agricultural College,
from which he was graduated in 1911 with the degree of B. S. He then came
out to California and from 1912 until 1916 he was an
instructor in the Davis Agricultural
College, a branch of the University
of California, and from 1916 until he came to Sacramento
he was assistant professor. In 1920 he accepted a position with the
Northern California Milk Producers’ Association as superintendent of their
manufacturing in all their plants; then in 1921 he was made manager of the
association, with headquarters in Sacramento, and successfully maintained that
responsible post until he associated himself with the Pure Milk Distributers concern located at Thirteenth and S Streets,
where is he giving the best that is in him as manager to promote their growing
business. He is a man of good business acumen and with his high sense of
honor has made a name and place for himself in the business circles of the
capital city, where his name stands for progress and initiative.
The
marriage of Mr. Baird on June 4, 1913, united him with Miss Edna Beaulieu, a
native of Kansas, and they have a
son, Fredric S. Baird. Mr. Baird is a Republican in politics and is a
member of the Rotary Club in Sacramento,
and a member of the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club.
Transcribed 8-6-07
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 987. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Marilyn R. Pankey.