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Alfred Lee Loomis (November 4, 1887 – August 11, 1975) 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 is considered instrumental in the Allied victory in World War II. He invented the Aberdeen Chronograph for measuring muzzle velocities,〔Loomis, Alfred L., Agnew, Paul G., Klopsteg Paul E., Stannard, Winfield H. (3 May 1921). "Chronograph." U.S. Patent No. 1,376,890. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.〕 contributed significantly (perhaps critically, according to Luis Alvarez) to the development of a ground-controlled approach technology for aircraft, and participated in preliminary meetings of the Manhattan Project. Loomis also made contributions to biological instrumentation. Working with Edmund Newton Harvey he co-invented the microscope centrifuge,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Patent Number 1,907,803 )〕 and pioneered techniques for electroencephalography.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/harvey_edmund.html )〕 In 1937, he discovered the sleep K-complex brainwave.〔Loomis AL, Harvey EN, Hobart GA. Cerebral states during sleep as studies by human brain potentials. J Exp Psychol 1937;21:127–44.(abstract )〕〔Colrain IM. (2005). The K-complex: a 7-decade history. Sleep. 28(2):255-73. PMID 16171251〕 ==Early years== Born in Manhattan, Loomis was the son of Julia Josephine Stimson and Henry Patterson Loomis, and grandson of Alfred Lebbeus Loomis. There were prominent members of society on both sides of his family; primarily they were physicians. Alfred's parents separated when he was very young, and his father died when Alfred was in college. His first cousin was Henry Stimson, who held cabinet-level positions in the administrations of William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman. From the boy's early years, Stimson exerted considerable influence on Loomis. Loomis attended Phillips Academy and studied mathematics and science at Yale University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Notable Alumni: Short List )〕 He graduated ''cum laude'' from Harvard Law School in 1912. Immediately following his graduation, Loomis married and began practicing corporate law in the firm of Winthrop and Stimson, where he was very successful. His wife was Elizabeth Ellen Farnsworth of Dedham, Massachusetts, from a prominent Boston society family, whom he wed on June 22, 1912. They had three sons: Alfred Lee Jr., William Farnsworth, and Henry. In 1908 he became a hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati. In 1917, Alfred Loomis and Landon K. Thorne, the wealthy husband of Loomis's sister Julia, purchased of Hilton Head Island, which they established as a private preserve for riding, boating, fishing, and hunting. The centerpiece of the property was the old ''Honey Horn Plantation''. Loomis's hobbies included automobiles and yachting, including the racing of America's Cup yachts against the Vanderbilts and Astors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfred Lee Loomis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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