Calvin R. & Janet E. Maurer Fellowship

Calvin Raymond Maurer of Springfield, Virginia died on May 19, 2016 at the age of 89. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Janet E. Maurer; sisters Katherine Nelson and Mary Lou Maurer; brothers Fred Wesley Maurer and Samuel Kay Maurer; and his parents Frederick (Fritz) and Kate (McMurdie) Maurer.

He was born on May 15, 1927 in Logan, Utah. Calvin spent most of his early life in Logan and graduated from Logan High School in 1945. After graduating from high school, Calvin enlisted in the Navy in 1945 during World War II and was stationed in San Diego from 1945 – 1946. After the Navy, Calvin returned to Utah State University on the GI Bill to obtain a BS in Commerce. He had joined the Kappa Sigma fraternity and was initiated in the Epsilon-Kappa chapter in 1947. After graduation in 1949 and eager to pursue other interests, he joined the Air Force as a 2nd Lieutenant to became a pilot and was assigned first at Randolph Air Force Base (AFB) in San Antonio, Texas, and then at Enid AFB in Enid, Oklahoma. After completing flight school in 1950, he was re-assigned to Great Falls AFB in Great Falls, Montana. From there, Calvin was stationed at the Tachikawa AB in Japan while he served in the Korean War. After this tour of duty, he was stationed at Travis AFB in California where he met his future wife Janet E. Edwards. She was a flight nurse at the time and they were married on October 8, 1955.

For the next 25 years, Calvin was transferred to various locations from California to Bolling AFB in Washington DC; to Maxwell AFB in Alabama; to Naha AB in Okinawa; and back to Virginia at the Pentagon and Cameron Station where they settled down in Springfield. During this time Calvin obtained an MBA at George Washington University. Colonel Calvin R. Maurer retired from the Air Force in 1979. For the following ten years, he continued working for a transportation consulting firm in Washington, D.C.

Calvin Maurer is survived by his three children – Calvin Maurer, Jr. of San Jose, California; Elizabeth Maurer Berry and her husband Elwin of Auburn, Washington; Scott Maurer and his wife Nicki of Haymarket, Virginia; and his grandson Adam Berry.

Funeral Services will be held at the Ft. Myer Old Post Chapel on Friday, October 28 at 1 pm. Interment with Full Military Honors will follow in Arlington National Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following services at the Ft. Myer Officer's Club.

A Fellowship has been established to commemorate his time at Utah State University where a fellowship will be awarded annually to benefit a Utah State University graduate student.