John L. ‘Jack’ Baier, Denton, professor of higher education from 1992 to 2011, died May 7. He previously was a professor, program chair and vice president for student affairs at the University of Alabama. He also was assistant vice president for student affairs at Texas Tech University, associate dean of student development at the University of Nebraska and assistant dean of student life at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Baier received service awards from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators and the American College Personnel Association. He earned a bachelor’s degree from General Motors Institute (Kettering University), a master’s from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a doctorate from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He completed postdoctoral study at Harvard University’s Institute for Educational Management.