In Memoriam

CUAJ honours its members and friends who have passed away. We invite colleagues of the deceased to submit brief remembrances. Please limit your notice to 200 words. Send your notice to journal@cua.org or fax it to 514-395-1664.

Dr. William (Bill) Edward Baldwin

Dr. Baldwin died on April 23, 2014, at The Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, at the age of 76. He is survived by his children Jennifer (John Eielson) of Boston, MA and Andrew (Tara Case) of Durham, UK, and his 6 grandchildren Oliver, Caroline, John, William, Quinn and Adele. The family is immensely grateful to Bill’s friend Xin Lu Lu (Lucy) who cared for him throughout much of his year-long struggle with cancer. Dr. Baldwin was born in Brooklin, Ontario, to William and Margaret Baldwin and was brother to Anne Potter (d. 24.10.12). In 1962, he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto (Wycliffe College). He completed his residency at Saint Michael’s Hospital before taking up a fellowship at Francis Delafield Hospital in New York City from 1968 to 1969. He would later practice urology at the Scarborough General Hospital (later the Scarborough Hospital) from the summer of 1969 until his retirement in December 2012. He served as Chief of Surgery at Scarborough General Hospital from 1993 to 1996 and was Chief of Surgery at The Scarborough Hospital from 1999 to 2003.

He had been a member of the Canadian Urological Association since 1971. He was an avid golfer and tennis player and a long-time member of the Granite Club and a founding member of Granite Golf. He also enjoyed the outdoors as a boy at Sherwood Forest Camp, at his parents’ cabin on Green Lake and their cottage at Duclos Point, Lake Simcoe, and later at his own cottages on Acton Island, Lake Muskoka. An enthusiastic world traveller, Dr. Baldwin travelled all over North America and visited numerous countries in Europe as well as New Zealand, South Africa, Morocco, China and Japan. He will be remembered for his wisdom, grace, generosity, friendship and humour.