1953 President Raymond L. Baldwin

Raymond L. Baldwin was born on a farm near Caldwell, New Jersey, on August 31, 1883. He was graduated from Caldwell High School in 1900.  In 1901-1904 he was ranching in the Pacific Northwest.  In the fall of 1905 he entered Rutgers College, New Jersey, on a scholarship, and was graduated in 1909 with a B.S. degree.  He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  During his senior year at Rutgers he was elected president of the newly formed Agriculture Club.

1953 - RAYMOND L. BALDWIN (Charter Member)

The next few years were spent in farming and creamery management in New Jersey, New York, and the Pacific Northwest.

While at Rutgers in 1916-1917 working for his M.S. degree he took the Federal examination for the position of Scientific Assistant in Grain Standardization, and received a temporary appointment for field work in the Pacific Northwest.  Later Portland was made his permanent headquarters.

Mr. Baldwin is co-author of two government bulletins, "Cleaning Grain at Thresher with Bates Aspirator" and "Washing Pacific Coast Wheat."

In 1944 he was appointed a member of the Pacific Coast Board of Grain Supervisors, which board has charge, in seven western states, of grading and inspection of all grains for which standards have been established. He retired on June 30, 1948, after thirty-one years of Federal service.

Mr. Baldwin was married on October 12, 1910, to Miss Alberta B. Brillhart of Hayden Lake, Idaho.  She passed away in 1912, leaving him with an infant daughter. On December 31, 1918, he was married to Miss Gladys Durst of Portland. His daughter, her husband and their two children live in Portland.

Mr. Baldwin is a life long Republican and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He is a charter member of the Geological Society of the Oregon Country.