Early Life
Broomfield, the son of Dr. S. C. and Fern Broomfield was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. He graduated from Royal Oak High School in 1940 and attended Michigan State College (now Michigan State University) at East Lansing. During the Second World War, he served in the United States Army Air Corps. After the war, he engaged in the real-estate and property-management business.
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