Prof. Robert C. Baker '43, famous for inventing the chicken nugget died Monday at the age of 84. Baker was a member of Cornell's faculty in the departments of food science and poultry science for 40 years. Over the course of his tenure, he developed 47 new poultry meat and egg products and published 290 scientific papers. The products he developed include chicken and turkey hot dogs and various kinds of cold cuts, in addition to chicken nuggets. Baker traveled to 24 different nations to work with food companies to develop these products and became known as the "Edison of...