Background
Calhoun, John William was born on March 13, 1918 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Verdier and Margaret (Adams) Calhoun.
Calhoun, John William was born on March 13, 1918 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. Son of Lawrence Verdier and Margaret (Adams) Calhoun.
Bachelor, Lawrence University, 1940. Juris Doctor, University Virginia, 1948.
Patent attorney International Mineral and Chemical Company, Chicago, 1948—1950. Private practice Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1950—1967. Administrator legal services Wisconsin Justice Department, Madison, 1967—1971.
Assistant attorney general, since 1971. Member Governor's Commission on Constitutional Revision, Madison, 1960—1964, Wisconsin Control Substance Board, since 1968, Wisconsin Council on Alcohol & other Drug Abuse, since 1973. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1942-1946.
Member of American Bar Association, Dane County Bar Association, State Bar Wisconsin.
Married Beverly Humleker Calhoun, February 12, 1949. 1 child Martha.