Calvin was born in L'Anse, attended L'Anse High School, Michigan Tech and further education.  He worked in the medical field in L'Anse through Baraga County Memorial Hospital.  He is married and has three grown children with his wife Gail.  He has grown up and continues to live on Point Abbaye where  he can hunt, fish and just enjoy nature.  Calvin is very interested in conserving the wildness and the land.