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Asa Columbus Baldwin was born in Austinburg, Ohio, in 1887. He received a B.A. in Civil and Mining Engineering from Case University, Ohio, and a B.S. in law from George Washington University. He was married to Lillian Louise Smith from 1917 until her death in 1933. They had 3 children. In 1935 he married Marguerite Holliday. Asa Baldwin had an extensive career as a civil engineer, surveyor, consulting engineer, and lecturer. He assisted in the first U.S. government marine survey of Kodiak and the Aleutian Islands in 1909. From 1907 to 1913 as a surveyor for the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, he was assigned to the U.S.-Canada International Boundary Commission, Mount St. Elias to Arctic Ocean 141st Meridian Boundary Demarcation Survey. The epic ascent of mount St. Elias in June-July 1913 by Mr. Baldwin and his joint U.S. Canadian six-man survey team to the 16,500 foot level, to establish the termination of the 141st meridian survey from the Arctic Ocean, is a major and well-documented mountain climbing event in North America. He was the president of Yellow Band Gold Mines, Inc. from 1936 until 1942 and consultant for the Boundary Commission, Kennicott Copper Co., Prince of Wales Mines, Alaska-Juneau Mine, the Alaska Railroad, Grand Coulee Dam in Washington, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Schlumberger Electrical Prospecting Methods of Paris, France. He died of a heart attack, September 18, 1942.

From the description of Asa C. Baldwin photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1905-1943. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 50134252

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