Edwin G. Baldwin

BURLINGTON - Mr. Edwin G. Baldwin, 82, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, at Heritage Place at the Village of Brookwood in Burlington. Mr. Baldwin was born on April 14, 1923, in Naugatuck, Conn. He was the son of the late Harold P. Baldwin and the late Dorothy Guise Baldwin. He was the husband of Mrs. Betsy Shumway Baldwin, who survives. Mr. Baldwin was a graduate of Naugatuck High School and attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute until he entered the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1944, graduating from Radio Technician School as Electronic Technicians Mate 2/C. Upon his honorable discharge from the Naval Reserve in 1946, he returned to Worcester Polytechnic Institute to continue his studies. He graduated from there with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1947 and a Master of Science degree in 1948, majoring in electrical engineering. While a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mr. Baldwin was honored with full membership in the Epsilon Xi Honorary Scientific Society. Mr. Baldwin began his career in June of 1948 with Bell Telephone Laboratories. Over the years his work was to include communications technology, transistor device design, mathematics and control systems applications and computer development for the space program, the Navy underwater sound program and various military applications. He held two transistor patents. He served as supervisor, department manager, department head and director in these and other communication fields. Mr. Baldwin lived in many different locations in the United States during his career, eventually retiring in 1984 as the director of patent & technologies licensing at the Guilford Center in Greensboro after 36 years with AT&T and the Bell Systems. Mr. Baldwin was an amateur radio operator (K4FHB) and a member of the Amateur Radio Emergency Service. He was a member of the Burlington Rotary Club and past Worshipful Master of Cincinnati Lodge #3, Free and Accepted Masons in Morristown, N.J. Mr. Baldwin has served as Senior Warden at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter in Burlington, and as a long-time member of the choir. In addition to his wife, Mr. Baldwin is survived by his two daughters; Mrs. Janet B. Raynor, her husband Clifford and their children, Alex and Michael, all of Raleigh, and Mrs. Karen B. Wolthuis, her husband Garrett and his son, Jason, all of Charles Town, W.Va.; sisters Mrs. Mildred B. Leigh of Boulder, Colo., Dr. Jane Shumway of Dillsburg, Pa., and Mrs. Margaret Easton of Wakefield, Mass. In addition to his parents, Mr. Baldwin was preceded in death by his brother, Harold P. Baldwin. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, where he was a member. Officiating will be the Rev. David R. Williams, Rector. The family will receive friends after the service in the church parlor. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Comforter Endowment Fund, 320 E. Davis Street, Burlington, NC 27215.