- Edwin Baker
Edwin Albert Baker, CC, OBE, MC,
Croix de Guerre (January 9 1893 -April 7 ,1968 ) was a Canadian co-founder of theCanadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).Born in
Collins Bay, Ontario , he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering fromQueen's University in 1914 and later that year enlisted with the Sixth Field Company, Canadian Engineers. In 1915, he was wounded inFrance , losing his sight in both eyes.In 1918, he and six others founded the CNIB. He served as first Vice-President from 1918 to 1920 and Managing Director & General Secretary from 1920 until his retirement in 1962.
He married Jessie Robinson. They had three sons and a daughter.
Honours
* In 1935, he was made an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire .
* In 1938, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Queen's University, and in 1945, the same from theUniversity of Toronto .
* In 1967, he was made a Companion of theOrder of Canada .Related book
* "No compromise: the story of Colonel Baker and the CNIB" by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell (1965)
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