{"id":1588,"date":"2024-03-27T14:55:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T18:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=1588"},"modified":"2024-09-25T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T20:47:51","slug":"richard-h-bromund-1942-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/chemistry\/richard-h-bromund-1942-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard H. Bromund (1940-2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Chemistry at The College of Wooster mourns the loss <\/strong>of Richard Bromund<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Richard \u2018Dick\u2019 Hayden Bromund, husband of Virginia Carol Bussert Pett and emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, passed away on March 15, 2024, at the Lodge in Mills River, North Carolina, at the age of 83.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richard Bromund graduated from Oberlin College in 1962, where he earned an A.B. in Chemistry, followed by a PhD at Penn State University before coming to Wooster in 1967. Bromund regularly taught Analytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis, Environmental Chemistry, Introduction to Independent Study, Introductory College Chemistry, and First Year Seminar. He had six research leaves and supervised 119 Senior I.S. students. Research leaves took him to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Eli Lily, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As \u201cBuilding Shepherd\u201d during the 1998-99 renovation and addition to Severance Hall, he was the liaison between faculty, administration, and builders for this project, helping to make the facility a smoothly functioning instrument for chemistry education.  He retired in 2006 after 39 years of teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His dedication to students, his expertise with a wide variety of chemical instrumentation, and his willingness to assist his colleagues will be remembered. Nate Bower, PhD, a 1973 Wooster graduate and was a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Colorado College at the time of Bromund\u2019s retirement, expressed his dedication to students. \u201cHe was always a kind and thoughtful person who put students first,\u201d said Bower, who established the Thomas A. Sanborn \u2013 Richard H. Bromund Endowed Fund in Chemistry, in part to honor Bromund. “He was definitely energetic, but I thought of him as the quiet person who held everything together behind the scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tim Wozniak, a 1978 Wooster graduate, remembered Bromund for his love of science, specifically chemistry, and his desire to treat each student as an individual that he wanted to see succeed in life. \u201cHe was always enthusiastic and able to energize his students to a higher level of performance,\u201d said Wozniak at Bromund\u2019s retirement. \u201cHis enthusiasm was infectious and spurred us to be more inquisitive to understand why we were doing what we were doing. His inherent curiosity in learning how things worked and sharing that with others is what attracted me to him for my Senior Independent Study project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bromund spent his retirement years travelling with his wife, Virginia Pett, also a retired professor of chemistry at Wooster.\u00a0 They spent time with family and former students and lived in Wooster until they moved to Asheville, NC, in 2018 to be closer to family. Richard is survived by his wife Virginia, his sister Marylee, his son Ted, Ted\u2019s wife Erica Munkwitz, Richard\u2019s daughter Nicola, Nicola\u2019s daughter Mara Francis Wolf Cavanagh, Nicola\u2019s husband MJ Cavanagh, Virginia\u2019s children Janice Lee Pett Ritchey, Janice\u2019s children Cara Lynne Ritchey Jones and Chase Allen Ritchey; Kate Anne Pett, Kate\u2019s husband Vince, and Kate\u2019s children Juliana and Gabriel; and Brian T. Pett and Brian\u2019s wife Racquel. \u00a0Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the \u201cThomas A. Sanborn and Richard H. Bromund Endowed Fund in Chemistry\u201d at the College of Wooster at https:\/\/wooster.edu\/give\/wooster-priorities<\/a>\/<\/a>, or to New Hampshire Lakes at https:\/\/nhlakes.app.neoncrm.com\/forms\/donate<\/a>.\u00a0 To share your condolences, go to: https:\/\/www.ashevillemortuaryservices.com\/obituary\/RichardDick-Bromund.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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