1951 President Ford E Wilson

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Ford E Wilson, a descendant of pioneer families, was born in Oronoko Township, Berrien County, Michigan, July 26, 1900, the son of George V. and Minnie B. (Ford) Wilson. The family moved to Oregon in 1900. He was educated in Oregon grade schools, Newport High School, University of Oregon (B.A. 1922, M.A. 1923), and Carnegie Institute of Technology (M.S. 1924) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1951 - FORD E. WILSON

He was employed as an industrial chemist for seven years, and since 1942 has held various positions with the Corps of Engineers.

On June 20, 1953, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson removed to Gallup, New Mexico, continuing Mr. Wilson's employment with the Army Engineers.

On December 21, 1943, he married Miss Alice Thompson of Bend, Oregon. Mr. Wilson has two sons, Ford E, Jr., and Richard G., and two grandchildren, Jeanne L. and Robert A.

Organizations other than the Geological Society of the Oregon Country in which he holds membership include the following:

  • Sons of the American Revolution

  • American Legion

  • Masons

  • Mineralogical Society of America

  • Oregon Agate and Mineral Society

  • Bureau Issues Association

  • American Revenue Association

  • Oregon Archeological Society

1952 President Norris B. Stone

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Norris B. Stone was born in Topeka, Kansas, July 3, 1888, later moving with his parents to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he attended grade school and high school.  In 1904 he went to work for Swift & Co. After three years with them, at the age of nineteen, he was transferred from St. Joseph to their new venture in Portland when they purchased the Union Meat Company and the Sun Dial Ranch at Troutdale and Fairview.  He was made head of their by-products department, stationed at Troutdale, and remained with this firm for a total of eighteen years.

1952 - NORRIS B. STONE

At Troutdale Mr. Stone found social conditions most unfavorable for young people, there being three saloons running wide open, and the two local churches closed.  He was instrumental in having one of the churches reopened and a gymnasium organized, to the great improvement of conditions for the teenagers.

During this period, at the age of twenty-one, Mr. Stone joined the Masonic Lodge, and in 1913 was Master of Kenton Blue Lodge No. 15, A.F. & A.M., of Portland, Oregon.  In 1915 he joined the Shrine and was immediately enrolled in the Shrine Chanters, with whom he sang until 1946, serving during the last two years as manager of the Chanters.

In 1921 Mr. Stone resigned from Swift & Company to go into business for himself, handling principally packing-house by-products, including wool, hides, animal feeds, animal fertilizers, etc., in which business he is now engaged. During his connection with Swift & Company Mr. Stone built up their entire by­products departments from nothing to a very appreciable volume by 1921, when he resigned.

Mr. Stone was married to Miss Bessie Briedwell of Amity, Oregon, on May 16, 1909.  Three sons and three daughters were born to them, the two youngest being twin girls.  Bessie Stone died on June 26, 1926. On January 16, 1928, Mr. Stone was married to Miss Clara Love, a member of an old pioneer family and granddaughter of Captain Lewis Love. 

Mr. Stone joined the Geological Society of the Oregon Country in September 1946.

1953 President Raymond L. Baldwin

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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.