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   ARLX011 Former ARRL General Manager and IARU President Richard   
   Baldwin, W1RU (SK)   
      
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   Special Bulletin 11  ARLX011   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  June 26, 2012   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB SPCL ARL ARLX011   
   ARLX011 Former ARRL General Manager and IARU President Richard   
   Baldwin, W1RU (SK)   
      
   Richard "Dick" Baldwin, W1RU, of Damariscotta, Maine, passed away on   
   Thursday, June 21, after a long struggle with Parkinson's Disease.   
   He was 92. An ARRL Charter Life Member, Baldwin capped a long career   
   on the ARRL staff with service as General Manager from 1975 until   
   his retirement in 1982. He served as Secretary of the International   
   Amateur Radio Union (IARU) from 1976-1982. After retirement, he   
   continued his involvement as a volunteer, serving as IARU President   
   from 1982-1999 and as ARRL International Affairs Vice President from   
   1982-1986.   
      
   According to his daughter Judy, Baldwin's life revolved around   
   telecommunications. He first became licensed in 1934 as W1IKE. An   
   Amateur Extra class licensee, he earned DXCC, WAS and WAC, as well   
   as membership in the ARRL A-1 Operator Club. A graduate of Bates   
   College in Maine, he earned an MS in Physics from Boston University   
   in 1948. Baldwin spent five years in the US Navy during World War   
   II. In March 1943, while serving as Communications Officer aboard   
   the USS Coghlan, he participated in the longest American naval   
   daylight battle of the war: the Battle of the Komandorski Islands.   
   After the war he served in the US Naval Reserve, achieving the rank   
   of Commander.   
      
   Baldwin began his career at ARRL Headquarters in 1948 as an   
   Assistant Secretary. After a brief hiatus to work in the private   
   sector in the early 1950s, he returned in 1956 as Managing Editor of   
   QST, where he was responsible for production of the monthly member   
   journal and all ARRL publications. In 1963, Baldwin became Assistant   
   General Manager and almost immediately got involved with   
   international matters. Dick organized the Intruder Watch one year   
   later, and served as the ARRL Liaison between the amateurs who   
   monitored the bands and the FCC. He was named by the ARRL Board to   
   succeed John Huntoon, W1RW, on Huntoon's retirement as General   
   Manager, the position now titled Chief Executive Officer, in 1975.   
   In total, Baldwin wrote 234 articles and columns for QST.   
      
   ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, who succeeded   
   Baldwin as General Manager in 1982, observes that Dick is   
   responsible for much of Amateur Radio's success in retaining and   
   expanding its international frequency allocations. "Beginning in   
   1964, strengthening our position at the International   
   Telecommunication Union in preparation for what ultimately became   
   the 1979 World Administrative Radio Conference, was a major   
   preoccupation in Dick's life. He played a key role in developing and   
   implementing the strategy that led to success. Sitting at Dick's   
   elbow in the years leading up to WARC-79 was an extraordinary   
   learning experience for which I will always be grateful."   
      
   As IARU President, Baldwin led the development and adoption of a new   
   IARU Constitution and oversaw the continued strengthening of the   
   IARU as the spokesman for Amateur Radio at the ITU and in regional   
   telecommunications organizations. In 1999, he was named IARU   
   President Emeritus for his service to the IARU and the Amateur Radio   
   Service.   
      
   "I was saddened to hear of the passing of IARU President Emeritus   
   Richard Baldwin," said IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH. "Dick was   
   instrumental in securing new HF allocations at 10, 18 and 24 MHz   
   during WARC-79. He was a key figure in the work of the IARU, and the   
   Amateur Radio Service is in a better place today because of his   
   leadership."   
      
   Upon his retirement in 1982, Baldwin and his wife Phyllis moved to   
   Maine where he became immersed in the local community. He was active   
   in the Pen Bay Amateur Radio Club, the Bremen Historical Society and   
   the Bremen Fire Department. He was also the Past President of the   
   Maine Wood Carvers Association. Baldwin was a fan of Dixieland jazz   
   -- particularly the music of Louis Armstrong -- astronomy and   
   sailing. Sailing in his 35 foot ketch Endurance, named in honor of   
   his hero Sir Ernest Shackleton, he taught himself how to navigate   
   using a sextant. Baldwin also climbed Mt Katahdin many times.   
      
   In 1991, Baldwin received the Hall of Fame Award from the Quarter   
   Century Wireless Association (QCWA). In 1992, he was named the   
   Dayton Hamvention Amateur of the Year. In 2003, he was inducted into   
   the CQ Amateur Radio Hall of Fame.   
      
   Baldwin is survived by his wife Phyllis, daughter Judy and son   
   Glenn. A memorial service is planned for 11 AM Friday, June 29 at   
   Second Congregational Church in Newcastle, Maine. In lieu of   
   flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to   
   the ARRL Second Century Fund, c/o ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT   
   06111 (please contact ARRL Chief Development Officer Mary Hobart,   
   K1MMH, for assistance via e-mail or by phone at 860-594-0397) or to   
   the Maine Wood Carvers Association, c/o Barbara McCutcheon,   
   Treasurer, 13 Liberty St, Fairfield, ME 04937.   
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