294:(Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1987, and Lahore: Vanguard Press, 1988). With Yogendra K. Malik, Charles H. Kennedy, and Robert C. Oberst. Second edition: (Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1990). Third edition: (Boulder CO: Westview Press, and Lahore: Pak Book Corportation, 1993). Fourth edition: (Boulder CO, 1998). Fifth edition: Boulder CO, 2002).
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Barbara Stevens in 1984. With her, Craig had a son, Craig Baxter II and, a daughter, Louise S. Baxter. Baxter was a trustee of the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital Foundation and a member of the Huntingdon Rotary Club, Blair Country chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Society of
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Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, aged 78, after a brief illness. The Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund was established in 2008 through a donation by his estate. It provides financial support to South Asian studies.
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