• His rink won the western interuniversity curling championship three times (1949-51).
• Known as one of the top curlers in the history of the sport, Matt skipped rinks that won five Alberta curling titles (1954, 56, 57, 58, and 71) and the Brier Canadian curling championship three times (1954, 57 and 58).
• A member of the Edmonton, Alberta, and Canadian Sports Halls of Fame, as well as the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.
• Co-owner of several companies that provide a range of services to the oil and gas industry.
• Served ten years on the executive of the Edmonton Eskimos Football Club.

Matt Baldwin began life in Blucher, Saskatchewan and completed high school at Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon. He enrolled in mechanical engineering at the University of Saskatchewan and, already hooked on curling organized the first Western Canada intercollegiate curling competition involving Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba. When a petroleum engineering major was established at Alberta he transferred to this university and was granted a BSc. in that specialty in 1951.

He brought his enthusiasm for curling with him from his native province and in the late 1940's succeeded in establishing his sport as a recognized event on the intercollegiate calendar, as well as gaining a 3-year strangle hold on the western Canadian championship in curling for Alberta. A talent for salesmanship, which served him well in later years, resulted in success in removing the unfortunate distinction between so-called "major" and "minor" sports which opened the way for many student athletes, including himself, to earn the Block "A" in sports other than football, basketball, or hockey. This may have been one of the earlier examples of "politically correct" action.

In the spring of 1950, Matt and fellow-student George Knoll recognized an opportunity in the emerging oil production activity in Alberta and Saskatchewan and established an oil well servicing company that would soon become the largest Canadian company of its kind, operating 40 rigs in the western provinces and the Territories. The original Baldwin and Knoll Company evolved into a group of companies – which Matt serves as chairman – that provides a range of diversifies services to the oil and gas industry. Professionally he has served on the board and as chairman of the Canadian Association of Oil well Drilling Contractors, and as a director of the Alberta Energy Company since its inception in 1975.

But aside from his successes in business, Albertans, and indeed many Canadians, recognize Matt Baldwin as one of the greatest curlers in the history of the game. That reputation rests on achieving five Alberta curling championships (1954, '56, '57, '58, and 71), and as a three-time winner of the Brier Tankard, emblematic of the Canadian men's curling championship (1954, 57, and '58). In all of these endeavors he has enjoyed the support and encouragement of his wife Betty Jean and daughters Susan, Sally and Lesley.

In other activities, Matt served ten years on the executive of the community-owned Edmonton Eskimo Football Club, including a two-year term as president and helped to bring together a diverse group of agencies to form what is now the United Way. His contributions to curling and to the quality of life in his community have previously been recognized by election to each of the Edmonton, Alberta, and Canadian Sports Halls of Fame, as well as the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame.