At the September meeting of the National Sea Grant Extension and Communications Leaders in Seattle, Washington, New York Sea Grant Associate Director and Extension Leader Dale Baker (center) received the William Q. Wick Award for Visionary Career Leadership. The award is the highest honor given to a Sea Grant Extension leader and is named for one of the founders of Sea Grant Extension. Baker, who has been NYSG’s extension leader since October 1995, began his Sea Grant career in the early 1970s working as an agent first at New York Sea Grant and then Minnesota Sea Grant. Baker plans to retire at the end of 2008. — Barbara A. Branca

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NYSG’s Dale Baker (center) received the William Q. Wick Award. He is congratulated by Dr. Leon Cammen (right), director of the National Sea Grant College Program and Jim Murray (left), Deputy Director of the NSGCP. Photo by Barbara A. Branca