Ralph Arthur Bohlmann (February 20, 1932 – July 24, 2016) was the ninth president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS), serving four terms from 1981 until 1992.
Bohlmann graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1956 and was ordained on June 29, 1958, in Des Moines, Iowa, by his father, the Rev.
In 1961, he accepted a call to be the assistant pastor at Grace Lutheran Church in Pagedale, Missouri, where he served until 1971.
In 1960, he became a professor at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and in 1975, he became president of the school, serving in that capacity until his election in 1981.
He had also worked for the Division of Theological Studies of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A. and participated in various national inter-confessional/inter-Lutheran dialogues.