H. Calvin Cook Jr. ’59

Calvin died Sept. 30, 2024, in New Bedford, Mass.

Born in Steubenville and raised in Ohio, he graduated from Choate in 1954, then studied in England Bishop’s Stortford College on an exchange student fellowship, entering Princeton in the fall of 1955. As a freshman he was a member of the golf team that upended Yale. As a sophomore he joined Campus Club. Due to illnesses and injuries, he left Princeton in the winter of his sophomore year and enrolled at Clark University, graduating in 1963. Nevertheless, he maintained a strong fondness for the orange and black, serving as Princeton’s official delegate at the inauguration of the president of Southeastern Massachusetts University in 1985.

Calvin was interested in public service and continued his graduate work in that field. He earned a master’s degree in city planning at Yale in 1965 and returned for advanced work at Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1971. He completed an academic triple crown by going to Harvard the next year to its Graduate School of Design. He loved his work as town planner of Dartmouth and Needham, Mass., focusing on the preservation of open spaces.

Calvin was an avid golfer. He was a champion at the Kittansett Golf Club in Marion, Mass., a qualifier for the Massachusetts State Amateur Championship, and a medalist for the state mixed-pair championship.

Calvin is survived by his wife of 60 years, Annette. His son, Christopher, predeceased him.