Background
Loomis, Elmer Howard was born on May 24, 1861 in Vermillion, New York, United States. Son of Hiram Warren and Adaline Sabra (Sayles) Loomis.
Loomis, Elmer Howard was born on May 24, 1861 in Vermillion, New York, United States. Son of Hiram Warren and Adaline Sabra (Sayles) Loomis.
Bachelor of Arts, Madison (now Colgate) University, 1883. Student Göttingen and Strassburg universities, 1890-1893, Doctor of Philosophy, Strassburg, 1893. Honorary Doctor of Science, Colgate, 1910.
1 son, Robert B.; married second, Grace Eaton Woods, October 12, 1911. Teacher physics and chemistry, Colgate Academy, Hamilton, New York, 1883-1890. Instructor, assistant professor and professor physics, Princeton University, 1894-1929.
Director New Jersey Sanitarium for Tuberculosis, McKinley Hospital, Trenton.
Director New Jersey Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
Member Simplified Spelling Board (advisory council). Devised important improvement in methods of determining the freezing points of dilute solutions.
Married Mary East. Bennett, July 23, 1885 (died 1904). Married second, Grace Eaton Woods, October 12, 1911.