Hawkinson, Calvin F., 1915-

Calvin F. Hawkinson, the son of Carl F. and Laura C. Hawkinson, was born in St. Paul on October 17, 1915. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1933 and was employed by Butler Bros., a general wholesale company in Minneapolis, from 1933 until he entered police work in April of 1942.

As he admits in his reminiscences, police work was not Hawkinson's first choice for a career. He stated that he had taken every civil service examination for which he was eligible and upon passing the patrolman's exam was offered an appointment in the 6th Precinct of the Minneapolis Police Department, which he accepted and which began his highly successful 36-year career as a law enforcement officer.

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