John William Bauman Jr., retired professor of physiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, died peacefully March 25, 2014, 95 years of age.

Born December 17, 1918 to John W. and Irene Bauman in Stockton, California, he grew up in Stockton and later in the Sierra foothills town of Sonora, CA where his family had run the Bauman Brewery for decades after the gold rush of 1849.   He often spoke fondly of those depression years working an apple orchard with his brother George, riding his horse "Trixie" to school in neighboring Twain Harte, and assisting in the operating room at the local hospital in Sonora run by his Aunt.

John served in the U.S. Navy 1941-46 as a medical corpsman in the Pacific theatre. He was a graduate of the University of Southern California; after the war he received his doctorate from UC Berkeley and married Sally Jane Fenton of Isleton, CA.  He lived briefly in New York City and then in 1960 settled in Princeton, NJ with his wife and family.

Dr. Bauman was an Associate Professor, NYU School of Medicine; Research Scientist, State of NJ; Fellow, Princeton University; and Professor, UMDNJ, Newark. He was a prolific author of research papers and a textbook on endocrinology and the physiology of the kidney.  He was a lifelong tennis enthusiast, organizer of tournaments and avid player blessed with admirable form, still playing tennis several times a week at age 90.

Later in life he moved to Kingston, NJ. He was a volunteer reader for Recording for the Blind, and worked in a stylized hand on his cartoons, illustrations and inventions. Always quick to proffer opinions, he made an avocation of authoring them in his grandiloquent style.

John is survived by his beloved partner Janet Guerin, his children and their spouses: Lise, Kurt and Margaret (O'Donnell), Kris and Penny (Ettinger), Hanna and Bruce (Lane); grandchildren John "Will", Natalie, Elizabeth and Susanna Bauman and Jessica Lane; and Mrs. Guerin's children Cathy and Alexander Ehhalt, Elizabeth, and Skip Guerin. He was preceded in death by his former wife Sally Bauman, brother George and sister Barbara Cavanaugh.

A memorial service and reception will be held at Main Street Restaurant, 301 N. Harrison Street Princeton, NJ, on Thursday, April 3, at 11:30 a.m. following a private internment.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.