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Dr. Baker Steps Down: She Has Distinguished Her Career With The Important Work of UNICEF Around The World
Dr. Gwendolyn Calvert Baker this week announced her resignation as president and chief executive officer of the United States Committee for UNICEF, effective December 31, 1996.
Dr. Baker, named the U.S. Committee's president three years ago, said in a letter to Hugh Downs, chairman of the Committee's board of directors, "After three years as president and chief executive officer of the United States Committee for UNICEF, a wonderful part of my career that is now 32 years long, I find that I have reached a point in my life when I have a great desire to spend more time with my family, especially my grandchildren."
"The post of Committee President is a vibrant and demanding one, rightly so considering that we act on behalf of children around the world. I have fulfilled this demand vigorously," he said.
Downs added, "It is with great regret that the Board accepts Dr. Barker's resignation....