Alfred Loomis

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financier human lawyer physicist scientific patron

Alfred Loomis was an American lawyer, financier, and physicist who played a pivotal role in organizing and funding U.S. scientific research during World War II, particularly in radar development.

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Label	Occurrences
Alfred Lee Loomis	8
Alfred Loomis canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	financier ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ physicist ⓘ scientific patron ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Albert Einstein ⓘ Ernest O. Lawrence ⓘ surface form: Ernest Lawrence Niels Bohr ⓘ J. Robert Oppenheimer ⓘ surface form: Robert Oppenheimer Vannevar Bush ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	Harvard Law School ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
employer	Bonbright and Company ⓘ
familyName	Loomis ⓘ
fieldOfWork	nuclear physics ⓘ physics ⓘ radar ⓘ radio technology ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ
founded	Tuxedo Park private laboratory ⓘ
fullName	Alfred Loomis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alfred Lee Loomis
givenName	Alfred ⓘ
hasRole	advisor on radar to the U.S. government ⓘ organizer of the MIT Radiation Laboratory ⓘ
influenced	U.S. military radar strategy in World War II ⓘ
knownFor	bringing leading European and American scientists to his Tuxedo Park laboratory ⓘ precision time measurement experiments ⓘ supporting early nuclear physics research ⓘ
memberOf	National Defense Research Committee ⓘ
notableFor	leadership in radar development for the United States in World War II ⓘ organizing and funding U.S. scientific research during World War II ⓘ philanthropic support of scientific research in the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ supporting the establishment of the MIT Radiation Laboratory ⓘ
notableWork	organization of pre-war and wartime radar research programs in the United States ⓘ
occupation	investment banker ⓘ lawyer ⓘ physicist ⓘ scientific administrator ⓘ
participatedIn	Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ surface form: World War II scientific mobilization development of microwave radar ⓘ
residence	Tuxedo Park, New York ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ Tuxedo Park, New York ⓘ