story by merle jantz
photos by ric evans
Bill Baldwin
Barbara Logan
would be different without…
Margaret Conners
hen Bill Baldwin moved to Mt.

Lebanon in 1987, he brought
with him a professional and
personal resume already
burnished to a high sheen
with more than 20 years’ experience as the
Wilkins Township Manager and almost
30 years service with the Boy Scouts—as a
scoutmaster, district commissioner, district
chairman of the Fort Pitt District and on
the executive board of the East Valley
Area Council. Along the way, he picked
up a Wilkins Township Citizen of the
Year Award.

His tenure in Mt. Lebanon as assistant
municipal manager from 1987-1990
and municipal manager from 1990-2001
added to his professional reputation—and
he also focused his considerable energy into
volunteering for the Mt. Lebanon Lions
Club of which he is president this year.

Following his retirement in September 2001,
Baldwin continued to share his talents as a member
of the board of directors of the Mt. Lebanon Parking
Authority. Al Frioni, chairman of the parking author-
ity board, nominated Baldwin for the “This Town
Would Be Different Without…” honor.

“His knowledge of the public sector, including issues
involving employment, personnel, construction,
public bond sales maintenance, letting of contracts,
planning and zoning, the sale of property and audit-
ing and budgeting principles all was invaluable to the
operations of the parking authority,” Frioni wrote.

In addition to Baldwin's four-year stint with the
parking authority, he spent many years as a volunteer
at the Carnegie Science Center’s Miniature Railroad
exhibit, just one facet of his lifelong love of trains.

He also has volunteered with the Service Corps of
Retired Executives (SCORE).

“Always with a story or anecdote,” writes Frioni, “Bill
Baldwin is a knowledgeable, professional person,
unselfish with his time, committed to his community
and simply put, just a plain old good guy.”
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This Town Would be
Different Without…
Bill Baldwin
Margaret Conners
Barbara Logan
here are a lot of people who don’t put
20,000 hours into a paying job. That’s
about 10 years of 40-a-week work-
ing. Highridge Circle resident Margaret
Conners has given that much time and
more—along with a considerable amount of skill
and talent—to St. Clair Hospital over the past 24
years. That breaks down to 833 hours, or the
equivalent of 20 weeks of full-time labor a year.

Conners, a native of Yorkshire, United Kingdom,
moved here in 1974 with her husband, Alan, a
chemical engineer, who has since passed away.

Conners began volunteering at St. Clair in 1985,
and has served the St. Clair Hospital Auxiliary as
president and treasurer over the years. She has also
chaired the planning committee for the auxiliary’s
Harlequin Gala fundraiser three times and has served
on committees for the Columbine Luncheon and
Fashion Show.

Georgianne Williams, director of volunteer services
for St. Clair, nominated Conners for the honor.

“A dispenser of sage advice, Margaret has utilized her
insightful leadership and charm to accomplish
fundraising goals for the St. Clair Hospital Auxiliary
in a dignified and engaging manner,” Williams
wrote. When she is not raising money for the hospital,
Conners enjoys visiting her family back in the
United Kingdom, is a gourmet cook and an expert
seamstress. She makes Christmas stockings to present
to infants born at St. Clair during the holiday season.

“Margaret’s tact, diplomacy, financial and organi-
zational skills, creativity and problem solving have
made her a real asset to St. Clair Hospital,” Williams
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