Engineer Memoirs
The Interviewer
Dr. William C. Baldwin is a historian in the Office of History, Headquarters, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary and received his
doctorate in military history from the University of Michigan. He began his career in the Corps
of Engineers with the Engineer Studies Center, where he wrote a history of the organization,
The Engineer Studies Center and Army Analysis: A History of the U.S. Army Engineer
Studies Center,
in 1983 he joined the Office of History and taught military history
at the U.S. Army Engineer School. In addition to the history of military construction and oral
history, he has worked extensively in recent years in the history of Army housing and housing
privatization.
Acknowledgments
Appendices C and G reprinted with the permission of The
Engineer and
Appendix H reprinted with the permission of The Waterways
Marilyn Hunter, the Office of History's former editor, edited the interview transcript, and
Communications did additional editing and prepared the manuscript for publication.
Marilyn Hunter died while this interview was in preparation for publication. She was an
excellent editor, a valued colleague, and a cheerful friend. We miss her.
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