Tycoon Turned Scientist. Clip: Season 30 | 1m 31s. Alfred Loomis made millions and went on to develop the technology that helped win WWII. Aired 01/11/2018 ...

In 1962, his son, Alfred Loomis Jr., made the hop across the Calibogue Sound and bought the nearly 2,000-acre Bull Island. For the next 40 years, Bull Island was the Loomis family’s winter retreat.

During the time I was an undergraduate at Harvard, James Bryant Conant was president of the university. He was a craggy-looking New Englander, a distinguished chemist, with a delightful smile. He ...

Born May 18, 1923 in New York City to Priscilla and Alfred F Loomis, he grew up in Manhattan and West Hills in […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 73°F. Monday, June 23rd 2025 ...

In the 1930s, nearly every leading scientist in America passed through Alfred Loomis’s lab, where early research on radar led to one of the most significant radar programs in American history ...

Cleadus Alfred Meadows Jr., "Junior", 89, of Grottoes, passed away Tuesday,June 21, 2016, at his home. Mr. Meadows was born February 18, 1927, near Elkton, and was ...

I met tycoon and amateur scientist Alfred Lee Loomis in 1954 as a postdoctoral researcher working with his son Farnie. After a cordial introduction, Alfred peered over my shoulder, watching me plot ...

Alfred Lee Loomis is not a well-known scientific personality, which is exactly how he wanted it, according to Jennet Conant in her fascinating book, "Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the ...

The incredible life of Alfred Loomis, who once co-owned 20,000 acres on Hilton Head, will be be featured Jan. 16 on the PBS “American Experience” show: “The Secret of Tuxedo Park: How a ...

Understanding just how America wins wars is a pressing task these days, which makes the story of Alfred Loomis especially timely -- and instructive. A financier and an amateur physicist, Loomis ...