A. Lloyd Caldwell, DA, LLB, LLD (Hon), QC

A. Lloyd Caldwell was born in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia.  A graduate of the law class of 1950 and the holder of an honorary degree from Dalhousie, he is the senior partner in the distinguished Halifax law firm of Walker, Dunlop.

Following his boyhood years in Sydney Mines, Dr. Caldwell studied engineering for one year at Acadia University and then enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery in June of 1942.  He served in the Armed Forces until the end of the war in Europe, much of that time in heavy combat.

After his discharge, Dr. Caldwell returned to Acadia.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1947 and entered Dalhousie Law School the following year.  After his admission to the Bar of Nova Scotia in February 1951, he joined Nova Scotia Trust Company as a Trust Officer and two years later was named Manager of the main branch of the company in Halifax.  In 1960 he entered the general practice of law.

For the past 30 years Dr. Caldwell has been a leader in a wide range of services.  He has held local and national offices in the Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been active in his church and has made a great contribution to his first alma mater, Acadia University where, since 1978 he has been Chairman of the Board of Governors.  As well as being a member and the President of both the Kiwanis Club and the Halifax Executive Club, Dr. Caldwell has served as President of the Urban Development Institute of Canada and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Halifax City Regional Library.  He has been President of the Halifax Branch of the Red Cross and it is in the field of health services that he has made, perhaps, his greatest contribution.  In 1964 he became Chairman of the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Council and is one of the “Fathers” of the Rehabilitation Hospital which was opened on July 1, 1977 in Halifax.  In the establishment of that fine medical facility, Dr. Caldwell has been said to have been “pre-eminent and indispensible”.  He stayed on as Chairman of the Board of the hospital until 1980 and remains a member of the Board.

Dr. Caldwell has been President of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society and has served both that Society and the Canadian Bar Association in many roles.  He has served his community and his profession unstintingly and generously.