Background
LOOMIS, Henry was born on April 19, 1919 in Tuxedo Park, New York, United States. Son of Alfred Lee Loomis and Ellen Holman Farnsworth Loomis.
LOOMIS, Henry was born on April 19, 1919 in Tuxedo Park, New York, United States. Son of Alfred Lee Loomis and Ellen Holman Farnsworth Loomis.
AB, Harvard, 1941; Student, University California, 1946.
With radiation laboratory University California, 1945-1947. Assistant to president Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947-1950. Assistant to chairman research & development board United States Department Defense, 1950-1951.
Consultant Psychological Strategy Board, Washington, 1951-1952. Staff President's Committee International Information, 1953. Chief Office Research & Intelligence United States Information Agency, 1954-1957, director broadcasting service Voice of America, 1958-1965.
Staff to special assistant to President for science & technical The White House, 1957-1958. Deputy commissioner education United States Department Health Education & Welfare, 1965-1966. Partner St. Vincents Island Company, New York City, 1966-1969.
Deputy director United States Information Agency, 1969-1972. President Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, 1972-1978. Trustee, vice chairman board directors Mitre Corporation, 1967-1969, 78-91.
Vice chairman board directors National Museum Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 1991-1992, trustee, 1992-1995. Trustee Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville, 1991-1996. Board directors, honorary member Jacksonville Zoological Society, 1991-1996.
Sailing, hunting, fishing, skiing.
Married Mary Paul Macleod, May 18, 1946 (divorced January 1974). Children: Henry, Mary, Lucy, Gordon. Married Jacqueline C. Williams, January 19, 1974.
Stepchildren: Charles Judson Williams, John Chalmers Williams, David Finley Williams, Robert Wood Williams.