John died July 10, 2013, in Winter Springs, Fla.
He was born in New York City to John Bohmfalk ’17 and Alice Branson. John prepared for Princeton at the Hotchkiss School, where he played tennis and soccer.
At Princeton, John majored in chemistry, was on the tennis team, and took his meals at Cottage. He graduated in August 1942 with the first accelerated group in the Class of 1943 and went to work as a chemist at Naugatuck Chemical Co.
John’s career was devoted to the brokerage and investment businesses, in which he was a chemical specialist and did industrial research. He was also associate editor of the American Chemical Society’s publications and a longtime member of the U.S. Tennis Association.
His survivors include four children, John, Kathryn, Charlotte, and Charles; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. His wife, Betty, predeceased him in 1977.