John E. Bauman Jr., 81, of Columbia passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.
John was born Jan. 18, 1933, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to John and Theresa Bauman.
His family later moved to Chicago, where he attended Leo Catholic High School and graduated as valedictorian. He attended the University of Michigan for undergraduate and graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1962.
John came to Columbia in 1961 to serve as a professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri. His special interests included calorimetry research, summer chemistry workshops for high school teachers and giving American Chemical Society lectures. Upon his retirement in 1997 he was named professor emeritus of chemistry. Over the years, he served on numerous neighborhood and university committees and in a variety of leadership positions, including chair of Faculty Council and president of the MU Retirees Association.
He was a long-standing member of the Little Dixie Kiwanis and enjoyed playing the piano (especially ragtime), golf, chess, books, and hiking in Colorado.
He kept a diary of every day for 70 years.
He is predeceased by his brother, the Rev. William Bauman of Kansas City; and his parents.
Funeral Mass was held Thursday, Nov. 13, at St. Thomas More Newman Center in Columbia.
John was born Jan. 18, 1933, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to John and Theresa Bauman.
His family later moved to Chicago, where he attended Leo Catholic High School and graduated as valedictorian. He attended the University of Michigan for undergraduate and graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1962.
John came to Columbia in 1961 to serve as a professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri. His special interests included calorimetry research, summer chemistry workshops for high school teachers and giving American Chemical Society lectures. Upon his retirement in 1997 he was named professor emeritus of chemistry. Over the years, he served on numerous neighborhood and university committees and in a variety of leadership positions, including chair of Faculty Council and president of the MU Retirees Association.
He was a long-standing member of the Little Dixie Kiwanis and enjoyed playing the piano (especially ragtime), golf, chess, books, and hiking in Colorado.
He kept a diary of every day for 70 years.
He is predeceased by his brother, the Rev. William Bauman of Kansas City; and his parents.
Funeral Mass was held Thursday, Nov. 13, at St. Thomas More Newman Center in Columbia.
John E. Bauman Jr., 81, of Columbia passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014.
John was born Jan. 18, 1933, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to John and Theresa Bauman.
His family later moved to Chicago, where he attended Leo Catholic High School and graduated as valedictorian. He attended the University of Michigan for undergraduate and graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1962.
John came to Columbia in 1961 to serve as a professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri. His special interests included calorimetry research, summer chemistry workshops for high school teachers and giving American Chemical Society lectures. Upon his retirement in 1997 he was named professor emeritus of chemistry. Over the years, he served on numerous neighborhood and university committees and in a variety of leadership positions, including chair of Faculty Council and president of the MU Retirees Association.
He was a long-standing member of the Little Dixie Kiwanis and enjoyed playing the piano (especially ragtime), golf, chess, books, and hiking in Colorado.
He kept a diary of every day for 70 years.
He is predeceased by his brother, the Rev. William Bauman of Kansas City; and his parents.
Funeral Mass was held Thursday, Nov. 13, at St. Thomas More Newman Center in Columbia.
John was born Jan. 18, 1933, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to John and Theresa Bauman.
His family later moved to Chicago, where he attended Leo Catholic High School and graduated as valedictorian. He attended the University of Michigan for undergraduate and graduate school and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1962.
John came to Columbia in 1961 to serve as a professor of chemistry at the University of Missouri. His special interests included calorimetry research, summer chemistry workshops for high school teachers and giving American Chemical Society lectures. Upon his retirement in 1997 he was named professor emeritus of chemistry. Over the years, he served on numerous neighborhood and university committees and in a variety of leadership positions, including chair of Faculty Council and president of the MU Retirees Association.
He was a long-standing member of the Little Dixie Kiwanis and enjoyed playing the piano (especially ragtime), golf, chess, books, and hiking in Colorado.
He kept a diary of every day for 70 years.
He is predeceased by his brother, the Rev. William Bauman of Kansas City; and his parents.
Funeral Mass was held Thursday, Nov. 13, at St. Thomas More Newman Center in Columbia.
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