Harold and Rosemary Beaird in honor of C.C. "Pinky" Baker, Jr.

Clifford Charles (C.C.) Baker was born in 1940 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was a graduate of John Tyler High School and served 25 years as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent. He then served as vice president of Development for Tyler Junior College and executive director for the Tyler Junior College Foundation.

In 2015, Harold and Rosemary Beaird established eight Presidential Honors Scholarships, including this one, funded in part from the estate of their late daughter, Beverly Ann Beaird, a former educator. Beverly graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a teaching degree and taught elementary school in Houston and Tyler for many years. Beaird’s Presidential Honors Scholarships honor individuals who have been influential in the continued success and growth of Tyler Junior College and the TJC Apache Band.