Robert was the son of Robert Martin Calfee, Sr. and Alwine Betsey Haas. He married Elizabeth Chatfield, daughter of Benjamin Chatfield, and they were the parents of Robert Martin Calfee and Sarah Chatfield Calfee.
As a teenager, he spent several summers with host families in Switzerland and Germany. Reared in Cleveland Heights, OH, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT in 1931, from Yale University in 1935, and (Case) Western Reserve Law School in 1938.
Mr. Calfee was an army ROTC graduate, and his reserve commission was activated after Pearl Harbor. He saw duty in Washington and the European Theater as artillery major during World War II.
After the war, he was a managing partner of Calfee Halter Griswold law firm. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the Cleveland Blue Coats Organization, Rotary Club, Ohio Commodores Trade Group, and many other civic organizations. He received the Carl N. Homes Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hawken school in 1995. He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio Historical Society for 10 years and was the Republican Finance Chairman of Cuyahoga County, OH.
Mr. Calfee was a voracious reader, traveler, avid golfer and loved genealogy.
(Information from "The Southwest Times," Pulaski, VA)
As a teenager, he spent several summers with host families in Switzerland and Germany. Reared in Cleveland Heights, OH, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT in 1931, from Yale University in 1935, and (Case) Western Reserve Law School in 1938.
Mr. Calfee was an army ROTC graduate, and his reserve commission was activated after Pearl Harbor. He saw duty in Washington and the European Theater as artillery major during World War II.
After the war, he was a managing partner of Calfee Halter Griswold law firm. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the Cleveland Blue Coats Organization, Rotary Club, Ohio Commodores Trade Group, and many other civic organizations. He received the Carl N. Homes Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hawken school in 1995. He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio Historical Society for 10 years and was the Republican Finance Chairman of Cuyahoga County, OH.
Mr. Calfee was a voracious reader, traveler, avid golfer and loved genealogy.
(Information from "The Southwest Times," Pulaski, VA)
Robert was the son of Robert Martin Calfee, Sr. and Alwine Betsey Haas. He married Elizabeth Chatfield, daughter of Benjamin Chatfield, and they were the parents of Robert Martin Calfee and Sarah Chatfield Calfee.
As a teenager, he spent several summers with host families in Switzerland and Germany. Reared in Cleveland Heights, OH, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT in 1931, from Yale University in 1935, and (Case) Western Reserve Law School in 1938.
Mr. Calfee was an army ROTC graduate, and his reserve commission was activated after Pearl Harbor. He saw duty in Washington and the European Theater as artillery major during World War II.
After the war, he was a managing partner of Calfee Halter Griswold law firm. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the Cleveland Blue Coats Organization, Rotary Club, Ohio Commodores Trade Group, and many other civic organizations. He received the Carl N. Homes Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hawken school in 1995. He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio Historical Society for 10 years and was the Republican Finance Chairman of Cuyahoga County, OH.
Mr. Calfee was a voracious reader, traveler, avid golfer and loved genealogy.
(Information from "The Southwest Times," Pulaski, VA)
As a teenager, he spent several summers with host families in Switzerland and Germany. Reared in Cleveland Heights, OH, he graduated from the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT in 1931, from Yale University in 1935, and (Case) Western Reserve Law School in 1938.
Mr. Calfee was an army ROTC graduate, and his reserve commission was activated after Pearl Harbor. He saw duty in Washington and the European Theater as artillery major during World War II.
After the war, he was a managing partner of Calfee Halter Griswold law firm. He was a 32nd Degree Mason, member of the Cleveland Blue Coats Organization, Rotary Club, Ohio Commodores Trade Group, and many other civic organizations. He received the Carl N. Homes Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hawken school in 1995. He was appointed a trustee of the Ohio Historical Society for 10 years and was the Republican Finance Chairman of Cuyahoga County, OH.
Mr. Calfee was a voracious reader, traveler, avid golfer and loved genealogy.
(Information from "The Southwest Times," Pulaski, VA)
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