LIA’s Baker Retires
ORLANDO, Fla., June 28, 2017 — Peter Baker, the executive director of the Laser Institute of America (LIA), has retired from his position after decades at the professional society’s helm. Baker began his relationship with LIA as a speaker at its very first conference for materials processing in 1980. He was elected LIA’s executive director in 1988. Baker and his wife, Sunny, opened the Orlando office in April of 1989. Noting that Baker served LIA for more than half of its existence, Paul Denney, the