Greg Calvert
Gregory NeVala Calvert (April 16, 1937 – August 12, 2005) was National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society in 1966–67. Biography Early years Gregory Calvert was born during the Great Depression, in a squatter's shack on the slopes of the Mount St. Helens volcano. As a boy, he lived with his Finnish grandparents on a small farm—Finnish was his first language. He was an excellent student, and eventually won a [Weyerhaeuser]] scholarship to [the University of Oregon. After graduation with a degree in history, a Woodrow Wilson fellowship enabled him to begin work toward a graduate degree in European History at Cornell University. He spent two years in Paris, then returned to Cornellin the fall of 1963, and the following January was offered a teaching position as an instructor at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. At Ames, he taught the very popular History of Western Civilization course and was the creative force behind, and the faculty advisor for, the alternative weekly student newspaper The Liberator. Greg was able to bring intellectuals of world renown to the campus to speak and read from their works, including Paul Goodman and Stephen Spender. SDS involvement In the fall of 1965, with