Holdings Engineering Physics Department F. Wheeler Loomis Papers Finding Aid Title: F. Wheeler Loomis Papers, 1920-1976
ID: 11/10/22
Primary Creator: Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler) (1889-1976)
Extent: 1.3 cubic feet
Arrangement: By type of material and alphabetical or chornological thereumder
Subjects: Association of American Law Schools - Faculty Recruitment, Atomic Bomb, Bell Telephone Company, Control Systems Laboratory, Cyclotrons, Engineering, College of, Faculty Papers, General Electric Company, Harvard University, History of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Nuclear Physics, Radar, Research and Development, Spectroscopy, World War II - Service and Training, Year Round Operations
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Papers of Francis Wheeler Loomis (1889-1976), professor of physics and department head (1929-57) and Director of the Control Systems Laboratory (1952-59), including transcription & tapes of a Nov. 19, 1965 interview relating to his decision to come to Illinois, Milo Ketchum, Ward Rodebush, family background, Newton High School & Harvard, the development of modern physics, rebuilding & recruiting a faculty at Illinois, theoretical physicists, College of Engineering, Champaign-Urbana, cyclotrons, spectroscopy, P. Gerald Kruger, betatrons, Leland Haworth, Robert Serber, Donald Kerst, Gilberto Bernardini, Moritz Goldhaber, Polykarp Kusch, research at Bell Telephone & General Electric, World War I work in anti-aircraft ballistics, a sabbatical in England before World War II, the Radiation Laboratory at M.I.T., radar, staffing the Laboratory & writing its history, relations with industrial firms & the federal government, the atomic bomb project, Harold Mott-Smith, Louis Ridenour, the Control Systems Laboratory, Frederick Seitz & John Bardeen. The series includes correspondence (1932-33, 1945-76) for Loomis' work as Associate Director of Radiation Laboratory (1941-46) at M.I.T. & director of the Lincoln Laboratory (1951-52) at Cambridge, Mass. about administrative matters, Systems Laboratory, National Academy of Sciences (Section of Physics), the Naval Office of Ordnance Research & Operations Evaluation Group, the Oppenheimer security clearance case, cooperative curriculum development, a speech on "the future of Physics" (1949) and publication (1920-59) relating to atomic physics & molecular spectroscopy (1920-40), Louis N. Ridenour, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1950), management of research institutions & the Radiation Laboratory.
Association of American Law Schools - Faculty Recruitment
Atomic Bomb
Bell Telephone Company
Control Systems Laboratory
Cyclotrons
Engineering, College of
Faculty Papers
General Electric Company
Harvard University
History of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Nuclear Physics
Radar
Research and Development
Spectroscopy
World War II - Service and Training
Year Round Operations
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