ST. JOSEPH - Polly Baker was born Feb. 4, 1952, to J. Osborne and Mildred E. (Hussey) Baker, in Ossining, N.Y.
She attended St. Augustines grade school and graduated from Briarcliff Manor High School. She received a B.S. degree in pyschology from Cornell University. She held an M.S. degree in education from Syracuse University and a Ph.D. in computer science from Illinois University.
Polly was on the faculty of the School of Informatics at Indiana University (IUPUI), where she was director of the Media Arts and Science program. She also directed the Visualization and Interactive Spaces Lab, part of the Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University. She greatly enjoyed working with Indianapolis school children in an after-school program teaching coding with robotics.
Before moving to Indianapolis, Polly was the director of visualization and virtual environments at the National Center for SuperComputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of illinois. She also co-authored several computer-graphics books.
After retirement, Polly split her time between Indianapolis and St. Joseph, enjoying the best of what city and rural life have to offer. While in St. Joe, she enjoyed baking, gardening, sewing and walks around Homer Lake. When in Indianapolis, she enjoyed the museums, the zoo, football and walks around the downtwon area. She participated in the Indy Mini and the Monumental Marathon for at least the last 10 years. She was a member of ava.org and achieved centurion status twice, walking 100 sanctioned walks in one year.
She is survived by five brothers, Bob, Bill, Thom, Mike and Tim, and one sister, Peggy. She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Jim.
There will be no service. She will be cremated and her ashes scattered by her siblings at a later date.
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