Alumni Profiles

Baker alumni are an outstanding bunch. Many have become leaders in their professional fields. And still more have been active in their communities, pitching in to do what needs to be done to keep a community thriving.

Achievement and service on behalf of others reflect Baker’s tradition of academic excellence and liberal arts foundation.

Curt Eddy

BS 1969

After serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1969 to 1973 and several years as a high school teacher in the Kansas City area, Curt Eddy took a chance and moved to San Francisco to follow his dream of a career in the music business. He started out working in a record store and eventually ended up as senior vice president of sales for Hollywood Records in Burbank, Calif., where he is responsible for sales efforts on behalf of Hollywood Records and Lyric Street Records, based in Nashville, Tenn.

Before joining the Walt Disney-owned record label, Eddy was senior vice president of sales for Universal Music and Video Distribution and senior vice president of field marketing for PolyGram Group Distribution. He currently serves on Baker University’s Board of Trustees.

Josh Anderson

MASL 2001

In April 2007, Anderson, reigning Kansas Teacher of the Year, and other teacher of the year honorees from across the country were honored with a ceremony at the Rose Garden outside the White House in Washington, D.C. Anderson was among four finalists for the national Teacher of the Year honor. Anderson served as an ambassador while touring the state representing Kansas teachers at conferences and conventions and in discussions with the state’s policy makers.

As a teacher at Olathe Northwest High School since it opened in 2003, he started the school’s debate and forensics program, which has been ranked first in the state and second nationally. In 2001, Anderson was recognized as the University’s Outstanding Graduate Student.

Liz Gogolski

BSN 1997

School of Nursing graduate Liz Gogolski makes a significant difference in the futures of the patients she sees. She serves as a nurse associate for one of only four neonatalogists in Kansas who treat women with high-risk pregnancies or a genetic predisposition for them. The women are referred from physicians in northeast, southeast, north-central and western Kansas.

In addition to her work in the clinic, Gogolski is an active member of the Perinatal Association of Kansas. Through this organization she has worked to create the Kansas Perinatal Council, an advisory group for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. She is an active volunteer with the March of Dimes and was instrumental in forming the Storks Cradle, a program that provides support and information on pregnancy and early parenting to mothers with high-risk pregnancies. Gogolski is also working to establish a perinatal hospice program.