Biography:

About: Bob Henry Baber was born in 1950 to a Mountaineer father and a New York City mother. They met at a church dance in NYC sponsored for servicemen. Troy Baber was on his way to WW II and the Pacific. Like many West Virginians, he out-migrated after WW II for economic opportunity. Bob Henry Baber, his only son, grew up in Levittown, NY, the granddaddy of sub-divisions. Yet his dad's influence as an artist, storyteller, and garden grower has remained with him for his entire life. Troy was an artist, Bob Henry paints with words. Troy was an environmentalist who loved the beauty of West Virginia as God made it. Bob Henry shares that deeply held value. From his mother, he gained balance and appreciation for diversity. Bob Henry has been in West Virginia every year of his life, and has lived in Charleston, Beckley, Athens, Montogmery, Glenville, and Richwood. He has traveled across geography to reclaim his Appalachian heritage along with his ancestral homeplace. He is a common man who has the uncommon belief that all West Virginians deserve a chance to prosper.

Family: Four Children: Ciara 31, Cara 22, Cody 21, Jacqueline 19.

Education: BA Antioch College 1976; PhD the Union Institute 1983.

Civic Organizations: Serves on Boards of the WV Mental Health Association, Poplar Forest Artist Cooperative, the Heartwood Center, Gilmer County Historic Society.

Learn more by, reading the Huffington Post Green, his poems, and viewing his artwork on his personal page.

Contact Bob Henry Baber:
Mailing Address:
526 Kanawha Street
Glenville, WV 26351
Cell Phone: 304-997-5870
Home Phone: 304-462-0320
E-Mail: bob4governor@yahoo.com
Party: Mountain