A Spanish teacher from Princeton University committed suicide in Chelsea after the Ivy League school not to renew his contract, a friend said yesterday.

Antonio Calvo, 45, was found in his 12th floor apartment on w. 26th St. 12 April with self-inflicted slash wounds to his neck and arm, authorities said.

Calvo, who went on teaching at Princeton in 2000 but not tenure, had told four days earlier that he would not be reduced as a teacher and as Director of the Spanish program.

"This news came after a long campaign was launched against him by a group of graduate students and lecturer of the Department" the friend, Marco Aponte, told the Post.

Aponte said he told the attacks on Calvo involved "political correctness".

He said the Spanish Department recommended that the Calvo refresh but was overruled by the University.

"Antonio was very dedicated to his job and worked very hard," said Aponte, a professor at a British University.

One of the Calvo students, Philip Potsdam, said that the professor was "an absolutely amazing man."

Aponte said that Calvo should leave the United States since his visa was sponsored by Princeton. His nationality was not immediately known.

A spokeswoman for the school refused to comment on the Calvo employment status.

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