On June 3, 2022, John W. Farley, age 74, completed his life in the world whose properties he had studied, researched, and taught about for his entire career. He died from pneumonia, a complication of Parkinson’s disease, with which he had lived bravely for over eight years. A chemical physicist by training, John was well known in the specialized study of negative molecular ions, producing detailed high-resolution spectroscopic data.
After earning his baccalaureate degree from…
