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E-PrinceFaculty member Antonio Calvo passed away in New York City last week. Calvo was a senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures and served as director of both the department’s Spanish language program and ...
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paselo bien, profe
I don't understand why no one's talking about this more. There's so much mystery surrounding his death, so little talk of the generosity and love he showed his students, such a deemphasis and hesitation by both fellow faculty members and the University alike to honor his life's work and and impact on campus...
Professor Calvo deserves more respect, he deserves to be remembered!
I know several of the students who are currently taking his section of SPA307 this semester, none of whom have any idea what happened. The University isn't releasing any specifics on his cause of death. His obituary is essentially copied text from his profile on the Spanish Department's website. How could such a beloved and respected Professor be so quickly and quietly forgotten?! His passion, humor, zest, and love for students, colleagues, and friends merits recognition. I would like to think that such an influential and exemplary faculty member deserves more public discourse to commemorate and memorialize not only his scholarly accomplishments but his myriad personal virtues!
Professor Calvo, you will at least be dearly missed by me!!! Your wit, kindness, and love for all whom you knew will never be forgotten!!!
He was one of the nicest people I ever met during my time in Princeton.
He was a fantastic person. He gave so freely of himself and his humor. "Sad and confused" is right to say that students should be asking questions – not my place to reveal details I wish I didn't know, but the student body should be demanding answers from Nassau Hall, which is deliberately hiding something. However, you are wrong to say nobody is talking about this – the entire Spanish and Portuguese department and everyone whom Antonio touched, from the Toledo program to the many who passed though the Spanish language classes, are deeply hurting. We have been able to talk about little else since information started to emerge. I have not met another professor for whom so many tears would be shed in my entire time at this university. He was deeply loved by so many.
Descanse en paz, Antonio. Te echaré de menos mucho.
Antonio was a great adviser -- he really took the time to talk to each student and get to know us. He will be greatly missed.
Antonio was an amazing professor and friend, one of the kindest people I've ever known.
We should demand answers and we have to know what really happened. This is the only thing we can do for him.
too much mystery and little answers. We should stay together and ask the reasons why he was "on leave". Sorry Antonio, you did not deserve it at all. We'll miss you very much.
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This is a tragic moment for the Princeton community, as Antonio touched many of us many deeply. For those of us who have heard a little more about the circumstances of this beloved professor's death, and about the apparent reasons for his "forced leave", it seems like more information is available than the administration is presently releasing. Perhaps we should not only grieve Antonio's death, but also do justice to his memory by asking questions.
You will be deeply missed Professor. RIP