Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975.
Alfred L. Loomis papers, 1926-1975.
The collection contains biographical material about Loomis, patent correspondence and patents for long-range navigational systems, a guest book, and reprints of papers from the Loomis Laboratories.
A.B., physics (Yale University, 1909). Established Loomis Laboratories in 1926 in Tuxedo Park, NY; chairman, Microwave Committee, National Defense Research Committee (NDRC); influential in establishing the Radiation Laboratory at MIT (1940). He was also a pioneer in the development of long-range navigational systems and the development of radar use in the military, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project.
Loomis Laboratories (Tuxedo Park, N.Y.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory
Navigation -- Research.
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