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Christopher Carlisle Calhoun, 67, Oklahoma City real estate developer and investor, died Sunday, October 4, 2009. A lifelong resident of Oklahoma City, Chris enjoyed a successful career in real estate development and investment, most recently with Newport Companies, a family-company with his wife, Charlotte, and son, Conner.
Chris was born September 8, 1942 in Oklahoma City, the son of Ingram X. and Dorothy Calhoun. He graduated from Harding High School in Oklahoma City in 1960 and attended the University of Oklahoma. He served in the Air Force Reserve.
Chris began his real estate career while in college. In business with his father, he designed and built warehouse space for commercial and industrial clients. Chris was the managing partner in the development of the Sheraton Century Center Hotel in Oklahoma City. He also developed and built apartment projects in Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. In recent years, the family companies developed and built a number of Walgreen Co. stores in Oklahoma.
A golfer and chess player, Chris displayed his own special sense of humor - in high pressure business transactions, as well as with his family and friends. He maintained an interest in art and design. Chris enjoyed road trips with Charlotte and always was searching for new design ideas and new projects.
Survivors include: his wife, Charlotte, of the home; their son, Conner Calhoun, Oklahoma City; daughter, Karley Graves and grandson, Jackson Christopher Graves, Edmond; daughter, Stacy King and her husband, Grailing King, and grandsons, Charlton and Triston Duncan, and Dakota King, New York City, NY; son, Roger Groce, Seattle, Washington; brothers, Thomas X. Calhoun and William A. Calhoun, both of Norman; and sister, Lynn Hume, Edmond.
(source: The Oklahoman)
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John Couch
At our 40th class reunion in 2000, Chris joked with me about all the trouble he had with some of the local folks here in Stillwater when his company was constructing our local Walgreen's store. He laughed about some of the small-time business practices that he had to deal with.He looked and evidently felt great then. Later on it turned out he had undiagnosed diabetes, and he died from complications of that disease.
Gary Shayler
Chris and I were fraternity brothers at OU during our sophmore year. We both decided that we were smarter than our professors and left OU. I always knew Chris would do okay given his dad's real estate activities that Chris enjoyed even before graduating from Harding. I also always had a lot of respect for his dad since according to my parents he was legally blind and yet had been instrumental in the development of the bomb sight the Air Force used over Germany for their night raids during WWII. I lost contact with Chris but thought of him often over the years and am saddened that I didn't get to see him at the last reunion.