Dr. Calvin Embert Jones Jr., retired vascular surgeon and Vietnam War veteran, dies

Dr. Calvin Embert Jones Jr., a retired vascular surgeon and faculty member of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine recalled for his caring way with patients, died April 16 at Bayview Medical Center after suffering a fall at his home in Parkville. He was 82. “He was a breath of fresh air for those of us interested in cardiovascular disease, and he was adept at all vascular operations,” said Dr. James H. Black III, a Johns Hopkins professor of surgery. “He was like a country doctor. He could talk to those down on their luck as effortlessly as he could chat with a Hunt Valley executive. “He knew their families and their struggles, and he often solved those problems along with their diseases.” Born in Baltimore and raised on Hanover Street in South Baltimore, he was the son of Calvin E. Jones Sr., an office equipment dealer, and his wife, Pearl, a homemaker. He was a 1956 graduate of Baltimore City College, where he played soccer. As a young man he took a year off and worked at the old General Motors plant on Broening Highway. He earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was…
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