From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia James Addison Baker III born April 28 1930 is an American attorney politician and political advisor Baker served as the Chief of Staff in President Ronald Reagans first administration and in the final year of the administration of President George H W Bush Baker also served as Secretary of the Treasury from 19851988 in the second Reagan administration and Secretary of State in the George H W Bush administration He is also the namesake of the James A Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston Texas Description above from the Wikipedia article James Baker licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia