Contact: Maridith Geuder
A Monday [Oct. 30] memorial service at Mississippi State will honor a School of Architecture faculty member who died unexpectedly Sept. 24.
Relatives, students, friends, and acquaintances of Charles M. Calvo are invited to the 3 p.m. ceremony in Bettersworth Auditorium of Giles Hall.
Calvo, who was 42 at the time of his death, made "a significant impact" on both the architecture school and the profession, said architecture dean John McRae.
"He was recognized nationally and internationally for his research in computer visualization and its application to education," McRae said. "His groundbreaking collaboration with the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History provided nationally recognized technological innovation in web-based educational applications."
Calvo established collaborations with a number of campus units, including the art department, extension service and the University Television Center. He also directed research projects in collaboration with the state Department of Economic and Community Development, Millsaps College and other universities, as well as with the U.S. Navy.
As head of the architecture school's Digital Research and Imaging Laboratory, he helped students and faculty "move in new directions with digital design," McRae said.
"Charles Calvo was a vital member of our faculty," he added. "The impact of his loss is being greatly felt in many ways through the contributions he was making to our program."
For more information about the memorial service, telephone (662) 325-2202.