UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                         Date of Report: August 15, 2003

                            MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Pennsylvania                1-6627                    25-0927646
        (State or Other            (Commission                (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of incorporation)     File Number)           Identification Number)

                              Airside Business Park
                                100 Airside Drive
                        Moon Township, Pennsylvania 15108
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                                 (412) 269-6300
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)





Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.       Description
-----------       -----------

99.1              Press release issued August 15, 2003.

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 15, 2003,  Michael Baker  Corporation  (the "Company")  issued a press
release reporting the Company's financial results for the quarter ended June 30,
2003. A copy of the press release is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1 and
incorporated herein by reference.

This  information  shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  "Exchange   Act"),  or
incorporated  by reference in any filing under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific
reference in such filing.

                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
the  Company  has duly  caused  this  report to be  signed on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION

                                          By: /s/ William P. Mooney
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Executive Vice President and Chief
                                              Financial Officer

Date: August 15, 2003





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Number          Description                                     Method of Filing
------          -----------                                     ----------------

99.1            Press release dated August 15, 2003             Filed herewith