Wilson Barkley Baldwin ’28

Wilson Baldwin died in Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 8, 1996, after having been in declining health for the last nine years.

He grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating from Hughes H.S. and was the last surviving member of a considerable contingent of young men from the Queen City who were in the Class of '28. At Princeton he majored in economics and belonged to Terrace Club. For several years after graduation he worked for the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co.

During WWII, he was active in the Air Force for four years and was stationed at various US bases and in Iceland. He retired as a major.

In 1951 he went to work for General Electric and was at the jet engine plant in Evendale, Ohio, where he was supervisor of wage rates. He was an active member of the Mariemont Community Church and belonged to the Cincinnati Tennis Club and the Cincinnati Country Club. In 1963 he was transferred to the Apollo space program at Huntsville, Ala., and Daytona Beach, Fla. He was married in Nov. 1963 to Betty Ann Shinkle.

They retired in 1970 and in 1978 moved to Daytona Beach. He played tennis and squash all his life, until into his 70s, taking up golf in later years. The sympathy of the class is extended to Betty Ann.

The Class of 1928