WILLIAM DWIGHT BALDWIN

William Dwight Baldwin was born at Paia, Maui, on October 25, 1873, the son of Henry Perrine, sugar planter and founder of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., and Emily Whitney (Alexander) Baldwin.

His preliminary education was received at Haiku Institute, Maui, Oakland High School, Oakland, California, and Hotchkiss School at Lakeville, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1897, and the following summer he studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. In 1901 he was granted his M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School. Dr. Baldwin was an intern on the medical service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York, 1902-1903 and an extern on obstetrical service at New York Lying-In-Hospital, 1903-1904.

On March 30, 1904, in New York City, Dr. Baldwin was married to Miss Abigail Wellington Holbrook of Boston, Massachusetts. The Baldwins had three children: Dwight Holbrook, Charlotte, and Virginia.

Returning to Honolulu on August 24, 1904, Dr. Baldwin became associated with Dr. James Judd. From 1908 to 1912 he served on the Territorial Board of Health.

In 1914 Dr. Baldwin retired from medicine and moved to Haiku, Maui, to engage in farming, an avocation to which he devoted the rest of his life. He was particularly interested in the propagation of the best varieties of avocados and mangoes. From 1917 to 1918 he was the Hawaiian representative for the Federal Food Administration. During World War I he volunteered for Red Cross overseas duty and served with distinction as director of the Vladivostok hospital.

Dr. Baldwin died on October 31, 1943, at his Maui home at the age of 70.

He was a director of Henry P. Baldwin, Ltd., Baldwin Packers, Ltd., and Bishop Trust Co., Ltd. He also served on the advisory board of the Bishop National Bank, Kahului, Maui, as president of the Alexander House Community Association (1916-1943), and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fred Baldwin Memorial Home and Maunaolu Seminary. From 1919 to 1943 he was chairman of the Kula Sanitarium's managing committee and also chairman of the Boy Scout Council of Maui. He was a member of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, Maui County Fair and Racing Association, Maui and Oahu Country clubs, and was an honorary member of the Maui Rotary Club. He belonged to the Congregational Church and was a Republican politically.

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