EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Grand Rapids, MI

Founding Date:
1876

Enrollment:
4200

Official Website:
http://www.calvin.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roberta Green Ahmanson	Relative	1949		Wife of Howard Ahmanson
Elsa Prince Broekhuizen	Relative	c. 1932		Conservative financier, mother of Erik Prince
Gaylen J. Byker	Business	10-Apr-1948		President of Calvin College
Peter De Vries	Novelist	27-Feb-1910	28-Sep-1993	The Tunnel of Love
Betsy DeVos	Activist	c. 1958		Wife of Dick DeVos
Dick DeVos	Business	21-Oct-1955		Amway scion
Helen DeVos	Activist	c. 1925		Wife of Amway founder
Richard DeVos	Business	4-Mar-1926		Co-Founder of Amway
Anthony Diekema	Educator	3-Dec-1933		President of Calvin College, 1976-95
Bernard Ebbers	Business	27-Aug-1941		CEO of WorldCom, 1985-2002
Vernon Ehlers	Politician	6-Feb-1934		Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011
Jeff Hephner	Actor	22-Jun-1975		Red Raymond on Hellcats
Roger W. Heyns	Educator	27-Jan-1918	11-Sep-1995	Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
Bill Huizenga	Politician	31-Jan-1969		Congressman, Michigan 2nd
H. Wayne Huizenga	Business	29-Dec-1937		Waste Management, Blockbuster
Patricia Rozema	Film Director	20-Aug-1958		Mansfield Park
Charles Ryskamp	Administrator	21-Oct-1928	26-Mar-2010	Frick Collection Director, 1987-97
Paul Schrader	Film Director	22-Jul-1946		Writer, Taxi Driver
William Spoelhof	Educator	8-Dec-1909	3-Dec-2008	President of Calvin College, 1951-76
Douglas M. Steenland	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Northwest Airlines, 2004-08
Jay Van Andel	Business	3-Jun-1924	7-Dec-2004	Amway billionaire

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Vernon Ehlers	Politician	6-Feb-1934		Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011
Paul B. Henry	Politician	9-Jul-1942	31-Jul-1993	Congressman from Michigan, 1985-93
George M. Marsden	Historian	25-Feb-1939		Jonathan Edwards: A Life
William Spoelhof	Educator	8-Dec-1909	3-Dec-2008	President of Calvin College, 1951-76

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Elsa Prince Broekhuizen	Relative	c. 1932		Conservative financier, mother of Erik Prince
Gaylen J. Byker	Business	10-Apr-1948		President of Calvin College
Anthony Diekema	Educator	3-Dec-1933		President of Calvin College, 1976-95
William Spoelhof	Educator	8-Dec-1909	3-Dec-2008	President of Calvin College, 1951-76

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