1928
Born to George Hall Baker and Idabelle (Anderson) Baker in Houston, TX.
1947
Earns an Associate of Arts in business from Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville, TX.
1956
Works at the Registrar Office at Sam Houston State University.
1959
Receives the Beatrice Craig Library Science Award.
1960
Earns a Bachelor of Science in library science and English from Sam Houston State University.
1964
Earns a Master of Arts in library science from Texas Woman’s University.
1964
Writes “The History of Sam Houston State Teachers College as Reflected in the Library and the Library Science Department.”
1970
Serves as the director of public services at Sam Houston State University Library in Huntsville, TX.
1972
Is a librarian at the Sam Houston State University library through 1972.
1972
Teaches library science at Sam Houston State University.
1972
Teaches as an assistant professor within the School of Library Science at Sam Houston State University through 1977.
1975
Earns a Doctor of Philosophy from Texas Woman’s University.
1975
Writes “Elbert Hubbard and the Publications of the Roycroft Shop, 1893-1915.”
1977
Is the acting director of the School of Library Science at Sam Houston State University; is so again in 1980 and again from 1984 until 1988.
1988
Teaches first as an associate professor and then as a professor in the School Library of Science at Sam Houston State University through 1993.
1994
Teaches as an adjunct professor at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX through 2002.
1996
Co-authors “Sam Houston: A Man Who Knew and Loved God.”
1998
Co-authors “Sam Houston: A Man of Sacred Honor.”
2011
Has the Dr. Bonnie Thorne Service Award scholarship established in her name by the Library Science Dept. of Sam Houston State University.