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William Henry Baldwin, Jr., '85, died Tuesday morning at his home in Locust Valley, Long Island, after an illness of six months.
Mr. Baldwin was born in Boston in 1863, and graduated from Harvard College in 1885. While in the University he rowed on his class crew and was prominent in many undergraduate activities. After studying for a few months at the Law School he entered the railroad business where he rose very rapidly to a high position. In 1896 he was elected president of the Long Island Railroad. As chairman of the trustees of the General Education Board he was one of the chief promoters of negro education in the south. He was also a trustee of Tuskegee Institute and of Smith College, and was actively connected with both social and civil reform movements in New York City.
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