Foster, John, 19
France, 82, 164, 170
Franck, James, 53–54
Fraser, Joseph B., 297
Freud, Sigmund, 116
Frisch, Otto, 155–56
Gaither, Rowan, 261–62, 283, 288, 292
Gate Lodge (Tuxedo Park), 57
GCA (ground-controlled approach), 258–61, 263
GCI (ground-controlled interception) system, 210–11
GEE system, 199–200, 231, 234
Geiger counter, 173–76, 191
General Electric: Bowen and Cockcroft visit U.S., 195
and cyclotron research, 136, 150
and D-1 Committee, 169–70, 172, 200
and fission/atomic research, 247
Hobart as apprentice at, 63
Loomis’ acquaintance with scientists at, 39
and magnetron, 183, 200
oscillator developed at, 44–45
and radar research, 195
and short-wave radio research, 63
Wembley plant of, 183, 196
Wood and Loomis visit, 44. See also Coffin, Charles A.
Germany: banking crisis in, 82
and Battle of Britain, 179, 181, 187–88, 196–97, 198, 207, 210–11, 217, 222, 223–24, 252
bombing of, 272
collapse of, 276
declaration of war against U.S. by, 252
fate of scientists in Nazi, 127–28
and fission/atomic research, 11, 12, 13, 14, 157, 161–62, 242, 246, 247, 249, 268
Loomis’ trips to, 66, 126
and Norden bomb sight, 181
pre–World War II, 82, 126–29, 140
and radar research, 170
science and technology development in, 126–27
U.S. competition with, 11, 12, 13, 242, 246, 247, 249, 268
U.S. declares war against, 30
Gilpatric, Mimi Thorne, 92
Glass, Carter, 83
Glass House (Tuxedo Park, New York), 117–19, 208, 279–80, 289
Glass-Steagall Act (1933), 84
Golden, William, 17, 88, 290
Goudsmit, S. A., 233
Great Britain: and ASV radar, 253
banking crisis in, 82
and Battle of Britain, 179, 181, 187–88, 196–97, 198, 207, 210–11, 217, 222, 223–24, 252
and British-American relations, 179–208, 214
and CXBK radar, 255
and fission/atomic research, 11, 157
Loomis receives medal from, 286
Loomis’ trips to, 172, 183
and magnetron, 183–87, 201
MEW system in, 264–65
radar research in, 170, 171, 172, 183, 187–88, 189, 285
SCR-584 radar for, 271–72
U.S. aid for, 217, 224
Wood and Loomis’ tour of, 49. See also Tizard Mission; specific scientist or project
Great Depression, 75–79, 80–87, 88–89, 102–7, 138
Griffin, Bruce, 259
ground-controlled approach. See GCA
ground-controlled interception. See GCI
Groves, Leslie, 273
Guerlac, Henry, 267–68, 278
Guggenheim Foundation, 151
gun-laying radar system, 198, 199, 230–31, 258, 269, 270, 271–72, 294
Hack, Frederick C., Sr., 297
Hack, Frederick, Jr., 96
Hahn, Otto, 155
Hammond, Paul, 92, 93
Hanover Trust company, 37
Hansen, William, 141–42, 158, 177, 203
Harriman, Averell, 5, 199
Harrison, George, 194
Hart, Leslie, 119
Harvard Law School, 25, 27, 279
Harvard Medical School, 128–29
Harvard University: Conant proposes Loomis as trustee of, 138–39
Conant’s retirement from, 293
Cruft Laboratory at, 233
cyclotron research at, 138–39, 146, 152, 201
Kistiakowsky at, 7, 62
Loomis as help to, 152
Loomis’ sons to, 52
nuclear physics research at, 14. See also Conant, James B.
Harvey, E. Newton, 50, 53, 71–73, 110, 111, 114, 159
Harvey, Edith, 110
Haskins, Caryl, 17, 88, 117, 165, 166, 244, 288, 289
Haskins Laboratories, 17
H-bomb, 293
Henry, Joseph, 105
Herreshoff, L. Francis, 93, 95
Herreshoff, Nat, 93
Hertz, Gustav, 53
Hertz, Heinrich, 130
high-frequency sound. See supersonics
Hill, Archibald Vivian, 180, 183
Hilton Head Company, 297
Hilton Head Island (South Carolina), 95–99, 119, 147, 148, 216, 285, 297
Hiroshima, Japan, 276–77, 297
Hobart, Alfred Loomis, 122, 123, 215, 280, 281, 283, 294–95
Hobart, Garret A., III: and brain wave research, 110, 111, 114
as character in Richards’ novel, 63, 124
death of, 295
divorce of, 280, 281, 295
and early days at MIT Rad Lab, 215
and Glass House, 118
Loomis’ relationship with, 64
and Manette-Loomis relationship, 122, 123, 124, 281
marriage of, 121
and move to MIT, 207
personal and professional background of, 63–64
personality of, 121, 294
post–World War II activities of, 294–95
and radar research, 159, 177–78, 207
and Richards, 113
at Tower House, 63, 110, 111, 113, 114
Hobart, Garret A., IV, 122, 215, 280, 283, 295
Hobart, Katherine Grey, 121
Hodges, Courtney H., 287
Honey Horn plantation (Hilton Head Island), 95–99, 119, 147, 297
Hoover, Herbert, 75, 77, 81, 82, 163
Hope-Jones, F., 65–66
Hopkins, Harry, 163
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), 291–92
Hovey, Chandler, 92–93
H2X blind bombing radar, 255, 268–69, 270, 272
Hubbard, John C., 71
Hudson, Mose, 96
hydrogen bomb, 291
hypnosis, 25–26, 112–13, 114, 116
Industrial Recovery Act, 89
isolationism: in U.S., 13, 127, 163, 164, 224
Italian Superpower Corp., 41
Italy, 252, 268–69
Japan, 170, 248, 251, 252, 272, 276–77, 284, 296, 297
Jenkins, Francis, 106–7
Jewett, Frank, 144, 162, 163, 166, 167, 171, 205–6, 244–45
Johns Hopkins University, 156. See also Wood, Robert W.
Johnston, Larry, 261, 263
Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S., 187, 254, 266
Joint Committee on New Weapons and Equipment (JCNWE), 254
Joint Research and Development Board, 285
Joliot-Curie, Frédéric, 10, 13
Jung, Carl, 125
Kelly, Mervin, 195, 196, 201
Kennecott Copper Company, 150
Kennedy, Joseph, 240, 293
Kent, Fred, 85
Kerr, Donald, 131, 158, 233
Kevles, Daniel, 56
Killian, James, 296
Kistiakowsky, Elaine, 15, 120, 294
Kistiakowsky, George: Conant’s relationship with, 7, 293
and fission/atomic research, 161–62, 247
formaldehyde project of, 62
and Germany’s efforts to rearm, 126
at Harvard, 7, 62
Haskins’ views about, 244
on Loomis’ contributions, 71
Loomis’ funding for, 5, 6
and Manhattan Project, 274, 275
memoir of, 15, 58, 62, 126
personal background of, 7
post–World War II activities of, 294
at Princeton, 5, 6
publications of, 52
and restrictions in Tuxedo Park, 58
and Ri
chards, 4, 6, 7, 125, 126, 294
spectroscopy research of, 52, 61, 62
and Tower House, 4, 5, 6–7, 58, 60–61, 62
and Tuxedo Park residents’ reactions to Tower House, 62
and uranium research, 239
views about Wood of, 61
Klopsteg, Paul, 32–33, 47, 48
Knickerbocker, Cholly, 29, 280–81
Kyoto, Japan, 296
Lakehurst, New Jersey: Loran test at, 265–66
Lamont, Thomas, 75
landing craft control. See LCC
Land’s End (boat), 113
Langevin, Paul, 43–44
Lawrence, Ernest O.: accomplishments and contributions of, 246, 286
Alvarez as protégé of, 143
awards and honors for, 139, 152
and bombing of Japan, 276–77
as Briggs “temporary personal consultant,” 244
Bush summons, to Washington, 197
Bush’s relationship with, 244, 293
calutron of, 276–77
Cockcroft’s relationship with, 188
and color television, 292
Conant’s relationship with, 293
cyclotron research of, 14, 134, 135–36, 137–53, 154, 160, 161, 199, 204, 239, 240, 241, 242, 246, 247, 289, 294
death of, 292
as director of radar research laboratory, 199
and early days at MIT Rad Lab, 216, 219
and Ellen-Loomis relationship, 282
and events leading to World War II, 140–41
and fission/atomic research, 162, 240–43, 245, 246–47, 248–49, 251, 291
as fund raiser, 137–38, 139, 144–46, 147–48, 149–50, 151
funding for, 14, 173, 241, 247
and Geiger counter, 174–76
Harvard offer to, 138–39
health of, 160, 292
and launching of MIT Rad Lab, 211
and Loomis’ accomplishments and contributions, 278, 286
Loomis’ dinner for, 150–51
Loomis’ financial support for, 14, 143, 146–47, 173, 241
Loomis first meets, 133–35, 136–37
and Loomis as “minister without portfolio,” 250
and Loomis’ nomination to National Academy of Sciences, 167, 168
and Loomis’ post–World War II activities, 285
Loomis’ relationship with, 98, 126, 137, 140, 143, 176, 197, 237, 243, 249–50, 281–82, 288, 289, 291, 292
and Loran system, 233
and magnetron, 183, 198, 219–20
and Manette-Loomis relationship, 281, 282
and Manhattan Project, 275, 276
and move from Tuxedo Park to MIT, 208
and Mrozowski, 146–47
and naming of MIT laboratory, 213
and NDRC, 197
Nobel Prize for, 145, 148
and Oppenheimer, 291–92
personal and professional background of, 134
personality of, 201, 204
post–World War II activities of, 291–92
and radar research, 141, 167, 173, 197, 203–4, 217
and Rand Corporation, 288
as recruiter, 201–4, 207, 245, 250
reputation of, 133
social life of, 150–51
spectrometer, 242, 246, 249
Sproul letter of, 223
and spy detection, 173–74
and submarine project, 245
on Time cover, 139
at Tuxedo Park, 198–99
and uranium research, 239–40
and U.S. preparation for World War II, 223
as visionary, 278
Lawrence, John S., 92–93, 138, 140–41, 145, 204
Lawrence, Molly, 142, 281, 282
Lawson, Jim, 218, 230
LCC (landing craft control navigation system), 270
Lescaze, William, 117–19, 120
Lewis, Frank, 158–59, 177, 178, 207, 211–13
Lindemann, Charles, 194
Lippmann, Walter, 224
Lipton, Sir Thomas, 93, 95
Livingston, Stanley, 146
Lodge, Sir Oliver, 66
long-range navigation system, 198, 199, 231–32. See also Loran system
Loomis, Alfred Lebbeus, 20–22, 103
Loomis, Alfred Lee: accomplishments and contributions of, 16–17, 19, 33, 42, 71, 88, 152–53, 277–78, 286, 289
as Anglophile, 60
anonymity of, 17, 105–6, 152, 285, 289, 290
awards and honors for, 245, 286–87
birth of, 22–23
as character in Richards’ book, 4
childhood and youth of, 23–25
death of, 291
divorce of, 17, 279–81, 290
double life of, 5, 17–18, 56–57, 58, 63
education of, 19, 25–27, 279
effects of Depression on, 78–79
family background of, 18, 20–22
as father, 101–2, 279
Fortune profile of, 16
health of, 73, 279
as “last of the great amateurs,” 289
as lawyer, 27–29, 263–64
lightning experiments, 67
motivation of, 17
“other sons” of, 64–65, 293
personality of, 17–19, 20, 40, 58–59, 60, 70, 87, 90, 102, 126, 237, 268, 285–86
physical appearance of, 18
post–World War II activities of, 285, 290–91
“precocity” of, 19–20
reaction to Richards’ book by, 7–8
reputation of, 42, 45, 46, 73, 80–81, 86, 90, 91, 103, 104, 106, 165
“retirement” of, 86–87, 90–91
Richards’ views about, 5
social life of, 17, 29, 54, 58, 60
talents of, 19, 25, 87–88
as visionary, 278
wealth of, 5, 13–14, 16–17, 21, 37–38, 42, 57, 77, 87–88, 101, 103, 105
weddings of, 29, 280–81
Loomis, Alfred Lee, III (Chip), 20, 296
Loomis, (Alfred) Lee, Jr., 29, 52, 64, 70–71, 92, 98, 101–2, 111, 113, 208, 216, 279, 280, 295–96
Loomis, Ellen “Debbie,” 295
Loomis, Ellen Farnsworth: and brother’s death, 30
death of, 295
and Debbie’s death, 295
divorce of, 280–81, 282
and Glass House, 120
health of, 52, 100–1, 122, 123, 129, 279
at Hilton Head, 216
Loomis’ attempt to commit, 279–80
and Loomis at Bonbright, 75
and Loomis as father, 102
and Loomis’ honorary degree from Berkeley, 245
on Loomis’ love of science, 70
Loomis’ relationship with, 53, 70–71, 99–101, 279–80, 295
Manette as daughter to, 122
and Manette-Loomis relationship, 120, 122, 123
as mother, 64, 70–71
at parents’ home, 208, 214–15
social life of, 58, 62
Stimson letters to and from, 70–71, 74–75, 100, 123
Twain story of, 62
wedding and early married life of, 29
West Coast trip of, 141, 173
Loomis, F. Wheeler, 229–30
Loomis Foundation, 60, 103–4
Loomis, Henry (brother), 24–25
Loomis, Henry Patterson (father), 22, 23, 27
Loomis, Henry (son): birth of, 44
and bombing of Japan, 296
children of, 296
education of, 52
and Ellen-Loomis relationship, 70–71, 279
financial independence of, 101
at Harvard, 159
on Hilton Head Island, 98
and Loomis’ philanthropy, 103
Loomis’ relationship with, 101–2, 279, 280
and Loomis’ scientific experiments, 101–2, 111, 113
marriages of, 280, 296
professional career of, 296
and radar research, 159, 178
> and St. Vincent’s Island, 295
and Thorne-Loomis relationship, 88, 92
Tower House scientists as tutors and friends with, 65
in World War II, 159, 208, 216, 251–52
Loomis, Julia Atterbury (sister). See Thorne, Julia Loomis
Loomis, Julia Stimson (mother), 22, 23, 25, 29, 87
Loomis Laboratories (Greenwich, Connecticut), 296
Loomis Laboratory. See Tower House
Loomis Laboratory (CUNY), 21, 22, 50
Loomis, Manette Seeldrayers, 64, 119–24, 134, 208, 215, 279–83, 295
Loomis, (Mary Paul) Paulie, 87, 89, 90, 91, 96, 100, 101, 102, 111, 121, 122, 126, 280, 296
Loomis, Sabra, 279–80, 296
Loomis Sanitarium, 21, 103
Loomis Scientific Institute, 147
Loomis, (William Farnsworth) Farney, 29, 52, 64, 70–71, 92, 98, 101–2, 111, 208, 216, 279, 280, 295, 296
Loran (long-range navigation) system, 231–34, 265–67, 272–73, 285n. See also SS Loran system
Lorillard, Griswold, 58
Lorillard, Pierre, 4–5, 46, 57–58
Los Alamos, New Mexico, 250, 273, 284, 292–93
Lothian, Lord, 180, 181
Lovett, Robert, 194, 228
Lowell, A. Lawrence, 6
LRN system. See Loran (long-range navigation) system
MacCracken, Henry, 21
magnetron: and AI research, 211
and Bell, 194–96, 211
Boot and Randall, 192–93
and Bowen’s trip to U.S., 183–87
equipment for development of, 200
Lawrence’s doubts about, 219
and Loomis’ research priorities, 198
and MEW system, 265
and MIT Rad Lab research, 213–14, 215, 219
and move from Tuxedo Park to MIT, 208
and NDRC, 190
Rabi’s work on, 213–14, 215, 230
and radar research, 182–83, 188, 191–93, 194
six-cavity versus eight-cavity, 195–96
ten-centimeter, 198, 200, 216–17, 230–31, 236, 252, 269
three-centimeter, 230, 269
and Tizard Mission, 182–87
Maidstone Club (East Hampton, New York), 283
Manhattan Project, 203–4, 273–75, 276, 284
Mannes, Leopold, 2–3
Marconi, Guglielmo, 54, 130
Mark I project, 262–64
Mark II ASV radar, 216–17
Markle Foundation, 150, 151, 152
Marrison, W. A., 68
Marshall, George C., 193, 225, 248, 254, 272, 297
Marshall, Lauriston, 160, 172, 175, 176, 220
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT): Bowen and Cockcroft visit, 195
Compton selected president of, 105–6
Corporation of, 105–6, 135, 205, 223, 293
and cyclotron research, 135–36
D-1 committee meetings at, 207
early radar research at, 129, 131, 158–59, 195
and fission/atomic research, 162
Henry Loomis at, 296
Loomis’ funding for, 158
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