Father Henry Francis Hohman, O.P. was born in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 22, 1918. Completing his early studies in Sharon, Pennsylvania, he worked there as a business manager until 1942, at which time he entered military service. In World War II he saw action in Europe. In 1946, after military service, he enrolled as a student at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received his bachelor's degree in 1949. That same year he received the Dominican habit. He was professed December 15, 1950. He finished his course in philosophy in River Forest, IL, and his theology course, partly in Dubuque, Iowa, and partly in the House of Studies in Oakland, California. He was ordained in the Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco, California, June 10, 1955. Assigned first to the convent of St. Pius, where he held the office of secretary to the Very Rev. Father Provincial. He was the founder of the periodical "Dominican Life," and he remained its editor until his death. He also worked at the task of promoting vocations to our Order. He was made Director of the Society for Vocational Support in 1962,

Father Hohman was much involved in promoting the good of the Order both by his labors and by his example. Although he was aware of his fatal medical condition, he did not withdraw from his projects until two weeks before his death. With a clear mind and filled with resignation, on November 12, 1963, while his brothers sang the words of the Salve Regina, he died quietly in Columbus Hospital, Chicago, IL.