Louis Baldwin

Background

Louis Baldwin was born on February 14, 1919.

Education

Louis received a Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University in 1941. In 1948 he got a Master of Arts from the University of Chicago.

Career

Louis Baldwin began his career as assistant professor of English at DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. In 1952, he became writer at Peoples Gas Co. Six year later he found the position of writer and supervisor at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Baldwin is also the author of several biographical books emphasizing the accomplishments of people who successfully overcame obstacles in their way. In Triumph over the Odds, for example, Baldwin profiles thirty- seven figures, from the biblical Moses to the American politician Ronald Reagan, in their successful struggles against adversity.

Similarly, Baldwin's book Women of Strength, a reference work that focuses on women through history who have succeeded professionally in careers often earmarked for men, is characterized by the author's unusual choice of subjects profiled, each of whom is treated to a “short, lively" exposition by the author. Baldwin takes the same tack in The Loves of Their Lives, in which he profiles thirty-eight famous couples through history, from Heloise and Abelard, to Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, and from Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas to Harry and Bess Truman.

Baldwin has also written several books with religious themes. Included among these is The Pope and the Mavericks, in which he surveys the ideas of several theologians whose writings have been controversial in the history of the Catholic Church and the varying papal responses to them. Baldwin emphasizes that often nonconformist theologians who were considered heretical were eventually exonerated by the Church.

Achievements

• Louis Baldwin is best known as an eclectic author who has written a number of primarily biographical works, most famous of which include: Loves of their Lives: Enduring Romantic Relationships from Antony and Cleopatra to Today (1993) and Triumph over the Odds: Inspirational Success Stories (1994).

Works

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  • Portraits of God: Word Pictures of the Deity from the Earliest Times Through Today

    (Portraits of God painted with words have ranged from preh...)

    1986
  • Intruders Within: Pueblo Resistance to Spanish Rule and the Revolt of 1680

    (Recounts how the Pueblo Indians revolted against colonial...)

    1995
  • Triumph over the Odds: Inspirational Success Stories

    (Presents a historical view of bad luck turned good, exami...)

    1994
  • The Pope and the Mavericks

    (Discusses the views of theologians who have questioned pa...)

    1988
  • Turning Points: Pivotal Moments in the Careers of 83 Famous Figures

    (This book contains biographical sketches of 83 people, wi...)

    1999
  • The Loves of Their Lives: Enduring Romantic Relationships from Antony and Cleopatra to Today

    (Describes the relationships of Heloise and Abelard, Emma ...)

    1993
  • Oneselves: Multiple Personalities, 1811-1981

    (In the 1970s some 50 cases of multiple personality were r...)

    1984
  • Women of Strength: Biographies of 106 Who Have Excelled in Traditionally Male Fields, A.D. 61 to the Present

    (103 Women are profiled here. They come from a wide variet...)

    1996
  • To Marry, With Love 1958
  • Hon. Politician: Mike Mansfield of Montana 1985
  • Jesus of Galilee: His story in everyday language 1979
  • Edmond Halley and His Comet 1985

Connections

On April 18, 1941, Louis Baldwin married Virginia Brady.

Spouse:

Virginia Brady

References

• Contemporary Authors A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields
  2008