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LOUIS JOSEPH BAHIN, JR., was born on 24 February 1933 in Cartersville, Georgia, the son of Louis Joseph and Helen McDorman Bahin. Shortly thereafter the family moved to College Park, Georgia, where he grew up and received his early education in the Fulton County School System and Georgia Military Academy, at that time an honor military academy. He was an excellent student, taking part in several extra-curricular activities, was a member of the school swimming team, the glee club, and the concert and marching bands. Upon graduation in 1950, he received the Bausch Lombe Award for excellence in science. During his senior year at G.M.A. he took the examinations for the Naval ROTC program, as well as for honor military school appointment to the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy, passing the exams with grades warranting acceptance to all three schools.
In July 1950 he entered West Point at the age of 17 on an honor school appointment. During his four years as a cadet he swam for his company and was a member of the German and Camera Clubs, played trombone in a music combo, and served as an acolyte in the Cadet Chapel.
Following graduation in June 1954, he and Charlotte Flanigen were married in Holy Trinity Church, Decatur, Georgia. They were the parents of Charlotte M. and Louis Joseph, III. Both children were born in Augsburg, Germany, where then lieutenant Bahin was assigned to duty with the 11th Airborne Division. Upon completion of this tour as the division signal supply officer, he returned to the United States and entered the University of Arizona in Tucson where, two years later, he received a master of science degree in electrical engineering and was promoted to captain.
In 1961 Joe resigned from the Army to accept a position with the International Business Machines Corporation, in the Federal Systems Division. His career in business was successful and took him from Washington, DC, to El Paso, Texas. Upon returning to Washington, where he spent many years, he was an active member of the USMA Society of DC, class secretary, and news contributor to the ASSEMBLY.
Joe met and married his second wife, Beverley Allen Keen, in Alexandria, Virginia. They were the parents of Joseph Thomas and Beverley Elizabeth, both born in Alexandria. The family was transferred by IBM in 1971 to Raleigh, North Carolina, where Joe worked with the Federal, University, and Store Systems. At the time of this death he held the title of senior systems engineer specialist.
Joe was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church, serving as acolyte and choir member in St. Luke's Parish, Atlanta. He served as church school superintendent in Grace Church, Alexandria, and Christ Church, Raleigh.
After a long illness with bone cancer, Louis Joseph Bahin, Jr., died at Rex Hospital Cancer Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on 4 May 1989. Funeral services were held at Christ Episcopal Church, Raleigh, on Sunday, 7 May, with interment at Mt. Comfort Cemetery in Alexandria on Monday. Mr. Bahin is survived by his wife, Beverley Allen Bahin; three sons: Louis Joseph Bahin, III, of Washington; Joseph Thomas Bahin of Raleigh; and Christopher Allen Keen of New Orleans; three daughters: Charlotte Matilda Bahin of Washington; Beverley Elizabeth Bahin of Raleigh; and Nancy Lee Keen of Atlanta; his mother, Mrs. Louis Joseph Bahin of Atlanta; three brothers: Thomas C. Bahin of Griffin, Georgia; Frank L. Bahin of Meansville, Georgia; and James M. Bahin of Atlanta; and three nieces and two nephews.
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