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The Stanley Z. Baker Foundation
To honor the man behind J.T. Eaton’s success as a rodenticide and integrated pest management equipment leader, the Twinsburg, Ohio-based manufacturer has begun the Stanley Z. Baker Philanthropic Program.
Baker, a 1999 Pest Control Industry Hall of Fame inductee, purchased J.T. Eaton in 1949 with a $2,500 loan he took against his insurance policy. Before his death in 2005 at the age of 87, he built it up to a multi-million-dollar company, pioneering such products as Eaton’s Bait Blocks, the first commercial paraffin-based rodent formula, in the 1950s. In 1980, Baker created Stick-Em Glue traps and worked tirelessly in improving rodent stations. In 1999, he helped patent an ant and roach product that used just 1 percent of boric acid.
Today, the company is run by Baker’s sons, Ben and Bart. Bart Baker’s son, Dale, recently joined the team this year to continue the tradition for a third generation. MORE
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