Exhibit 99.1

                 BAKER APPOINTS FOGLESONG TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PITTSBURGH, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Michael Baker Corporation (Amex:
BKR) announced today that it has appointed General (Ret.) Robert H. Foglesong to
its Board of Directors. The addition of General Foglesong brings the total
number of members on the Baker board to ten.

General Foglesong was named President of Mississippi State University in
Starkville, Mississippi, on February 16, 2006, following a 33-year career in the
United States Air Force (USAF). He retired from the USAF as Commander, United
States Air Forces Europe, on February 1, 2006. A former four-star general, he
held numerous positions during his career, including vice commander of the
entire USAF and has flown most aircraft in the U.S. inventory. Born in Mingo
County, West Virginia, General Foglesong received his Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering from West Virginia University. He is the head of the Appalachian
Leadership and Education Foundation, headquartered in Charleston, W.Va., an
organization that he founded and will continue to lead. He has also authored
numerous articles on leadership and management, on ethics and integrity, and on
professional issues relevant to the engineering community.

"We are pleased to welcome General Foglesong to our Board," Richard Shaw,
chairman of the Board, said. "The Board, the company and all of our major
stakeholders will benefit from his military background, areas of expertise and
keen insights into the key issues and challenges we face today."

Michael Baker Corporation (http://www.mbakercorp.com) provides engineering and
operations and maintenance services for its clients' most complex challenges
worldwide. The firm's primary practice areas are aviation, environmental,
facilities, geospatial information technologies, linear utilities,
transportation, water/wastewater, and oil & gas. With more than 4,500 employees
in over 40 offices across the United States and internationally, Baker is
focused on providing services that span the complete life cycle of
infrastructure and managed asset projects.

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