William Farnsworth Loomis, M.D.

1914 - 1973

• Suffix	M.D.
  Born	11 Aug 1914	Tuxedo Park, Livingston, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Harvard 1932  [2]
  Died	21 Nov 1973	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  	William Farnsworth Loomis Obituary William Farnsworth Loomis, cancer researcher and biochemist, died at his home in Dedham, Massachusetts, November 21, 1973. Born in Tuxedo Park, New York, August 11, 1914, he was the second of three sons of Alfred Lee and Ellen Farnsworth Loomis to attend St. Paul's. He was a serious student, a member of the Scientific Association, treasurer of the Chess Club and secretary-treasurer of the Radio Club, and a councilor at the School Camp in Danbury. After graduating cum laude in 1932, he began to prepare himself at Harvard for the career on which his mind was set. In 1936, he interrupted his senior year to take part in the Anglo-American expedition which made the first ascent of 25,645-foot Nanda Devi, on the border of Tibet and China, the higest peak ever climbed up to that time. Upon returning, he received his degree from Harvard with honors, and completed the course at Harvard Medical School, again with honors, in 1941. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged the United States into World War II, took him back to China, where he served behind the Japanese lines as a major in the O.S.S. After the war, he worked for a time at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and for several years was assistant director of the Natural Sciences Division of the Rockefeller Foundation. In the early 1950's, he founded his own research laboratory, the Loomis Institute for Scientific Research, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and during the following decade established a solid reputation in the field of cancer research. He became professor of biochemistry at Brandeis University in 1964, holding the post until a year or two ago. In the months before his death, he had embarked on the study of psychiatry, preparing for what might have become a second career. He was a realist and humanist and a grateful lover of nature everywhere. Surviving are his father; his third wife, Frances W. Loomis; three sons; five daughters; two brothers, Alfred L. Loomis, Jr., '31, and Henry Loomis, '37; and several grandchildren.
  Notes	3 children with Violet, 6 with Betty. [1]
  Person ID	I16382033	7_families
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Alfred Lee Loomis,   b. 4 Nov 1887, New York City, New York, New York ,   d. 11 Aug 1975
  Mother	Ellen Holman Farnsworth,   b. 16 Jul 1889,   d. 1976
  Married	22 Jun 1912	Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Divorced	1945
  Family ID	F5328555	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Violet Amory,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	28 Jun 1937  [2]
  Divorced	1943
  Children	1. Living > 2. Living > 3. Living
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2005
  Family ID	F5330036	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Betty Blackmond Barton,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 Nov 1945
  Divorced	1965
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Rhonda Maureen Loomis   4. Deanna Marie Loomis   5. Cynthia Lynn Loomis   6. Jefferson Loomis
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2005
  Family ID	F5330037	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	C. Frances Whitman,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2005
  Family ID	F5330038	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 11 Aug 1914 - Tuxedo Park, Livingston, New York Died - 21 Nov 1973 - Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S371943] Burgess Genealogy - Hiam, Katharine W. Hiam, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), Lee Drew library., 394 (Reliability: 3). [S371943] Burgess Genealogy - Hiam, Katharine W. Hiam, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997), Lee Drew library., 397 (Reliability: 3).