Robert Gerald Bohn ’47


Robert Gerald Bohn ’47 of Vero Beach, Florida, died on April 23. He grew up in Port Washington, New York, and attended Greenbrier Military School. In college he majored in English, joined the Naval V-12 unit, Dragon and Beta Theta Pi. After service in the Air Corps he and his wife moved to Reddington, Connecticut, where he became chairman and CEO of Preferred Utilities Manufacturing in Danbury. He was a founder of the Reddington Boys’ Club and of the Reddington Country Club. He retired to Vero Beach in 1989. His hobbies were golf, tennis and boating. Dartmouth relatives include his daughter Vicki-Lee Felis ’76, son-in-law James Robinson ’79 and brother-in-law Larry Denton ’47. He is survived by his wife and four children. 



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