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==Publisher==

==Publisher==

Calhoun's persistent hobby was collecting rare books. He founded Bayou Books, an out-of-print dealership specializing in Louisiana and southern subjects. In 1961, he opened a bookstore under that same name in Gretna in Jefferson Parish. In March 1970, he and family members acquired '''Pelican Publishing Company''', which had been founded in 1926 in New Orleans. They relocated the company to Gretna, where they operated the enterprise for more than forty years, having peaked with some 2,500 titles in print. Pelican books are sold in every state and in nearly all English-speaking countries throughout the world. One of its most successful books was ''See You at the Top'', Zig Ziglar's motivational bestseller, still in print but initially rejected by some thirty other publishers. Calhoun also developed the classic "Cajun Night Before Christmas'' series, which today includes twenty-nine titles.<ref name=obit/>

Calhoun's persistent hobby was collecting rare books. He founded Bayou Books, an out-of-print dealership specializing in Louisiana and southern subjects. In 1961, he opened a bookstore under that same name in Gretna in Jefferson Parish. In March 1970, he and family members acquired '''Pelican Publishing Company''', which had been founded in 1926 in New Orleans. They relocated the company to Gretna, where they operated the enterprise for more than forty years, having peaked with some 2,500 titles in print. Pelican books are sold in every state and in nearly all English-speaking countries throughout the world. One of its most successful books is ''See You at the Top'', Zig Ziglar's motivational bestseller, still in print but initially rejected by some thirty other publishers. Calhoun also developed the classic "Cajun Night Before Christmas'' series, which today includes twenty-nine titles.<ref name=obit/>

   

   

Pelican publishes cookbooks, architecture titles, a series on editorial cartoons, and works on the [[American Civil War]], the American South, and [[African American]] topics. Calhoun said that he operated the company on the principle of publishing otherwise rejected books for which there is nevertheless a willing market awaiting to purchase such titles. The sales doubled each year during the first decade of Calhoun’s leadership. Today, Pelican is the largest independent trade book publisher in the South.<ref name=pelican>{{cite web|url=htttp://neworleanslocal.com/pelican-publishing-company-publisher-and-owner-passes/|title=Pelican Publishing Company Publisher and Owner Passes, January 9, 2012|publisher=neworleanslocal.com|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

Pelican publishes cookbooks, architecture titles, a series on editorial cartoons, and works on the [[American Civil War]], the American South, and [[African American]] topics. Calhoun said that he operated the company on the principle of publishing otherwise rejected books for which there is nevertheless a willing market for those titles. The sales doubled each year during the first decade of Calhoun’s leadership. Today, Pelican is the largest independent trade book publisher in the South.<ref name=pelican>{{cite web|url=htttp://neworleanslocal.com/pelican-publishing-company-publisher-and-owner-passes/|title="Pelican Publishing Company Publisher and Owner Passes", January 9, 2012|publisher=neworleanslocal.com|accessdate=May 19, 2012}}</ref>

   

   

==Philanthrophy and legacy==

==Philanthrophy and legacy==

Calhoun was a longtime member and deacon of Oak Park Baptist Church in the Algiers section of New Orleans. In 1998, he established the Mary and Darrell Calhoun Recreational Center at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home orphanage in Monroe. In 1999, he endowed the million-dollar Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, an institution with a pharmacy college. In 2009, he and his wife, the former Nancy Harris, established the Milburn and Nancy Calhoun Foundation to support religious and educational activities.<ref name=obit/>  

Calhoun was a longtime member and deacon of Oak Park Baptist Church in the Algiers section of New Orleans. In 1998, he established the Mary and Darrell Calhoun Recreational Center at the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home orphanage in Monroe. In 1999, he endowed the million-dollar Mary E. and Darrell L. Calhoun Chair in Pharmacology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, an institution with a pharmacy college. In 2009, he and his wife, the former Nancy Harris, established the Milburn and Nancy Calhoun Foundation to support of religious and educational activities.<ref name=obit/>  

   

   

Following a lengthy illness, Calhoun died at West Jefferson Hospital. Services were held on January 9, 2012, at Oak Park Baptist Church<ref name=pelican/> and then on January 12, at a funeral home in his native West Monroe. He is interred at Sibley Cemetery in Choudrant in Lincoln Parish west of West Monroe.<ref name=obit/>

Following a lengthy illness, Calhoun died at West Jefferson Hospital. Services were held on January 9, 2012, at Oak Park Baptist Church<ref name=pelican/> and then on January 12, at a funeral home in his native West Monroe. He is interred at Sibley Cemetery in Choudrant in Lincoln Parish west of West Monroe.<ref name=obit/>