![]() ![]() He provided both the brains and backing for all kinds of inventions, medical advances, and scientific studies. He built his private laboratory not as a shrine to himself but because he desired nothing more than to be actively involved in the daily research. He set himself up in a castle on a high hill in Tuxedo Park and financed his own audacious investigations of the stars, the heart, and the brain. Loomis exiled himself from the glittering world of New York society because he wanted to devote his time to science. Yet, he contrived to do it all as unobtrusively as possible he was a mysterious and remote figure who shunned publicity. He achieved an immense fortune in business, earned worldwide recognition for his scientific endeavors, and won accolades for his service in war time. ![]() ![]() Jennet Conant's book on Alfred Lee Loomis.įew Wall Street tycoons of his generation could match Loomis's extraordinary intellect and versatility. ![]()
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