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Alfred Lee Loomis.
American businessman, scientist and philanthropist (1887–1975)
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About Alfred Lee Loomis
Alfred Lee Loomis was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System and a lifelong patron of scientific research. He established the Loomis Laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, and his role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb contributed to the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities, contributed significantly to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project.
Everything about Alfred Lee Loomis →- Occupation
- financier, lawyer, banker, physicist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 4, 1887
- Died
- August 11, 1975