Saddleback College is hosting the Honorable Merrick Baker-Bates, the British consul general in Los Angeles, who will speak Wednesday about the importance of international education.
Baker-Bates is consul general for Southern California, Arizona, Utah, Hawaii and Clark County, Nev. He took the position in 1992. A graduate of Oxford University, majoring in modern history, Baker-Bates has worked in various British diplomatic capacities in Belgium, Japan, Washington, D.C., and Malaysia.
