Background
Baldwin, Garza was born on March 10, 1921 in Litchfield, Illinois, United States. Son of Garza and Hazel (Satterlee) Baldwin.
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Garza Baldwin
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Education
Student, Vincennes U., 1938-1939; Bachelor of Science, Indiana U., 1942; Juris Doctor with high distinction, Indiana U., 1948.
Career
Practiced in, Indianapolis, Sullivan, Indiana, 1948-1957;
city attorney, Sullivan, 1951-1955;
associate counsel, Olin Corporation, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, 1957-1958;
division counsel, Olin Corporation, 1958-1963;
senior counsel, Olin Corporation, 1963-1969;
vice president, counsel fine paper and film group, Olin Corporation, 1969;
vice president corporation group fine paper and film, Olin Corporation, 1969-1971;
president group, Olin Corporation, 1971-1985;
vice president parent company, Olin Corporation, 1969-1985;
president, chief Executive officer, Ecusta corporation, 1985-1987. Board of managers Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, Asheville, N.C., 1969-1990. Member Governor's Council for Economics Development, 1967-1968, Governor's Efficiency Study Commission, 1973-1974, North Carolina Council on State Policies and Goals, 1974-1978.
Mem.Gov.'s Business Council on Arts and Humanities, 1981-1989. Board directors North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry, 1970-1992, vice president, 1972-1973, chairman, 1974-1975. Board directors Ednl.
Foundation Commerce and Industry North Carolina, 1965-1973, U. North Carolina at Asheville Foundation, 1971-1990, North Carolina Engineering Foundation.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Transylvania Cmty. Hospital, Brevard, North Carolina, 1969-1983, Brevard College, 1978-1986, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, North Carolina, 1978-1981, U. North Carolina, Asheville, 1974-1977, North Carolina School Science and Mathematics, 1985-1991. Chairman, Board Of Directors Member Mission Medical Center, Asheville, 1986, treasurer, 1989-1993, board directors, 1981-1995.
Member of advisory county to dean School Business Indiana U. Member academic alumni fellows Indiana U. Board directors Cmty.
Foundation Western North Carolina, 1990-1996, Asheville chapter American Red Cross, 1990-1995. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member American Bar Association, Indiana Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, Western Carolina Manufacturers Association (president 1962-1971), North Carolina Industrial Council (president 1966-1967), American Judicature Society, American Legion, Order of Coif, Masons (32 degree), Elks, Biltmore Forest Country Club, Colleton River Country Club (Bluffton, South Carolina.), Country Club of North Carolina (Pinehurst).
Connections
Married Margaret Jean Skinner, September 7,1946. Children: Deborah Baldwin Lyman, Garza III, Beth Baldwin Johnson, Daniel David, Benjamin Willis.
