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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectAlfred L. Loomis
Dates
November 4, 1887 – August 11, 1975
Authorized Form of Name
Loomis, Alfred L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975
Additional Forms of Names
Loomis, A. L. (Alfred Lee), 1887-1975
Biography
Abstract
Alfred L. Loomis was President of Loomis Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. (1933-1969). Other institutional affiliations included Bonbright and Co. and Winthrop and Stimson. His research interests included radar and ballistics.
Important Dates
November 4, 1887Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1909Obtained AB, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1912Obtained LLB, Harvard University, Cambridge (Mass.).
1912 – 1917Attorney, Winthrop and Stimson, New York (N.Y.).
1917 – 1919Officer, Aberdeen Proving Ground, United States Army.
1919 – 1933Vice President, Bonbright and Co, New York (N.Y.).
1928 – 1941Director, Loomis Laboratory.
1933 – 1969President, Loomis Institute for Scientific Research, Inc, Tuxedo Park (N.Y.).
1940 – 1946Chair, Microwave Committee (1940-1941); Vice Chair, Division D (Detection, Controls, Instruments) (1941-1942); and Vice Chair, Division 14 (Radar), Office of Scientific Research and Development (1942-1946), National Defense Research Committee.
1941Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1948 – 1957Member, Board of Trustees, RAND Corporation.
August 11, 1975Death, East Hampton (N.Y.).
Occupation
Attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, and physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Loomis, Alfred L., Jr.
Son.
Loomis, Ellen Farnsworth
First wife.
Loomis, H. P. (Henry Patterson), 1859-1907
Father.
Loomis, Henry
Son.
Loomis, Manette Seeldrayers Hobart
Second wife.
Loomis, William F.
Son.
Additional
Barton, Henry Askew, 1898-1983
Bowles, Edward Lindley, 1897-1990
Brobeck, William Morrison, 1908-
Bryant, John H.
Compton, K. T. (Karl Taylor), 1887-1954
Killian, James Rhyne, 1904-1988
Klopsteg, Paul E. (Paul Ernest), 1889-
Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950
Cousin.
Institutions
Major Positions
Bonbright and Co.
Vice President.
Loomis Institute for Scientific Research, Inc.
President and Director, Loomis Laboratory.
United States. Army
Officer, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee
Chair, Microwave Committee; Vice Chair, Division D (Detection, Controls, Instruments); and Vice Chair, Division 14 (Radar).
Winthrop and Stimson
Attorney.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Harvard University
Obtained LLB (1912).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Rand Corporation
Member, Board of Trustees.
Yale University. Physics Department
Obtained AB (1909).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Alfred L. Loomis papers, 1926-1975.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Subject
Edward Lindley Bowles papers, 1869-1990 (bulk 1920-1982).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
John Bryant collection.
Archives
Historical Electronics Museum, Inc.
P. O. Box 746, M.S. 4015, Baltimore, MD 21203, USA
MIT Office of the President records of Karl Taylor Compton and James Rhyne Killian, 1930-1959.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Oral history interview with Henry A. Barton, 1970 March 3 and 16.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Luis Alvarez, 1967 February 14 and 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Maurice Goldhaber, 1967 January 10.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Paul E. Klopsteg, 1970 March 31.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Vannevar Bush, 1964.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Vannevar Bush, 1964.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Oral history interview with William M. Brobeck, 1975 June 19, 29, October 26 and 1976 February 1.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Subject
"Alfred Lee Loomis: 1887-1975", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences
Alfred Loomis Physics Today obituary.
Jennet Conant, Tuxedo Park (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2002)