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~Family wealthy and well-known in Washington DC area - they were in real estate. He died young.

Most likely born in Washington, DC

OBITUARY:
Washington Post, The (DC) - December 14, 1988
Deceased Name: GEORGE JAMES CALOMIRIS
George James Calomiris, 50, a longtime area Realtor and real estate developer who was secretary of the Calomiris Investment Corp. of Washington, died of cardiac arrest Dec. 12 at Suburban Hospital. He lived in Bethesda.
Mr. Calomiris was a native of Washington and a graduate of Coolidge High School. He attended the University of Maryland. He had been a Realtor and real estate developer for the past 25 years.
He had worked most of those years in the Calomiris organization which his father, James George Calomiris, helped found. From 1968 until rejoining the family company in 1975, he worked for the Hugh T. Peck Co., winning its 1971 outstanding salesman of the year award.
Mr. Calomiris had served on the board of the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, and was a member of the Washington Board of Realtors, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, and the American Hellenic Education Progressive Association .
Copyright (c) 1988 The Washington Post

The following obituary may be of his uncle or other close member of his family:
Washington Times, The (DC) - December 16, 2000
Deceased Name: William Calomiris, 80, past trade panel chief
William Calomiris, 80, a prominent real estate entrepreneur and former president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, died of cancer Dec. 13 at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Mr. Calomiris was a lifelong resident of the District. He was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of William Calomiris Investment Corp., a real estate brokerage, development and management company he started in 1940. After serving in the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II, Mr. Calomiris returned to the District and expanded his real estate business. He remained the top executive at his company until his death.
Mr. Calomiris also was prominent in banking circles. He served as director of Lincoln National Bank and Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan, advisory director to Riggs National Bank, and chairman of the board of Washington Federal Savings Bank. He was instrumental in helping create the Greater Atlantic Bank in 1997.
The son of Greek immigrants, Mr. Calomiris dropped out of Eastern High School to help support the family after his father's death. He first worked as a baker's apprentice at Continental Bakers in the District, then started a rooming house business - renovating an old home and renting out rooms on a weekly basis.
In 1962, Mr. Calomiris became chairman of the United Givers Fund, a precursor to the United Way. Following the 1968 riots in the District, as head of the Board of Trade he led efforts to rebuild the inner city, established summer programs for inner-city youth, and helped develop low- and moderate-income housing in Prince George's County.
In 1964, Mr. Calomiris became a founder of Honor Every Responsible Officer's Eternal Sacrifice, Inc. (HEROES), an organization dedicated to helping families of District firefighters and police officers killed while on duty. He was the organization's senior vice president and chairman, and set up a program to provide college scholarships to the children of slain firefighters and police officers.
Mr. Calomiris was chairman of the National Capital YMCA Committee of Management from 1978 until 1982 when he was named to its board of directors. Because of his financial and leadership contributions to the YMCA, a new center was established in 1994 and named the YMCA Calomiris Center in his honor.
Mr. Calomiris was an avid racquetball player well into his 70s. He also was an active supporter of the D.C. Youth Leader Corps, and an archon of the Greek Orthodox Church. He was a member and president of the board of trustees of the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church.
In 1964, Mr. Calomiris was named the Board of Trade's Man of the Year, and in 1998 was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mary, of Washington; two sons, Charles of Scarsdale, N.Y., and George of the District; two daughters, Katherine Tompros and Jenifer Calomiris; a brother, Peter; and a sister, Martina Chapin, all of the District; and 11 grandchildren.
Services will be held on at 1 p.m. Monday at Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 4115 16th St. NW. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in the District.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Calomiris' name to HEROES Inc., 666 11th St. NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20001.
Copyright (c) 2000 News World Communications, Inc.

Another obituary of a family member - mother of Martie Chapin and of William Calomiris:
Washington Post, The (DC) - July 9, 1984
Deceased Name: Jennie Calomiris, 87, an area resident since 1918
Jennie Calomiris, 87, an area resident since 1918 who was a founder of the Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Washington, died of cancer July 7 at the home of a daughter, Martina Chapin, in Chevy Chase.
Mrs. Calomiris, who lived in Washington, was a native of Sparta, Greece. She came to this country and settled in New York City in 1913. Two years later, she married George D. Calomiris, and the couple owned and operated a restaurant in Harlem before coming to Washington in 1918.
The death of Mr. Calomiris in 1937 left her with five children and by all accounts a determination to keep her family together. In the late 1930s, she invested her savings in the first real estate venture of her son, William Calomiris, who went on to become president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade.
In addition to her daughter and her son William, of Washington, her survivors include another son, Peter, of Washington; three sisters, Stamata Panagakos of Florida, Antonia Chipouras of Silver Spring, and Georgia Bougadis of Athens, Greece; 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren. Two sons predeceased her.
Copyright (c) 1984 The Washington Post

Birth	25 Mar 1938	Washington D.C., United States
Death	12 Dec 1988	Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Obituary	14 Dec 1988	The Washington Post - Washington D.C., United States
Marriage		Living
FamilySearch ID		L8W8-197
Burial		Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
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Spouse

Living

Father	James George Calomiris (1918 - )
Mother	Caroline Bell ( - )

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