We, the students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
upon learning of the untimely death of Everett Moore Baker,
Dean of Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
from January, 1947 to August, 1950,
Having spontaneously expressed the realization
of the resulting loss incurred by us individually and as a group,
Desiring to perpetuate the memory of Dr. Baker
and to extend the application of his ideals,
And expressing a belief that this can best be accomplished
by an organization of the student body,
Do hereby establish the Everett Moore Baker Memorial Foundation
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Preamble to the Charter