Background
Loeb, Leonard Benedict was born on September 16, 1891 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Jacques and Anne (Leonard) Loeb.
Loeb, Leonard Benedict was born on September 16, 1891 in Zurich, Switzerland. Son of Jacques and Anne (Leonard) Loeb.
Brought to the United States, 1891. Student of University California, 1908-1910, Columbia, 1910-1911. Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1912, Doctor of Philosophy, 1916, National Research Council fellow, 1919-1923.
Post doctoral fellow U. Manchester, 1919.
; children—Anne L., Jacqueline L. Married second, Charlotte Pearson, May 1941. Children—Diana B., Valerie J. Assistant physics University of Chicago, 1916-1916.
Laboratory assistant, assistant physicist United States Bureau Standards, 1916-1917. Assistant professor physics University of California, 1923-1925, associate professor, 1925-1929, professor, from 1929.
Cooperative expert International Critical Tables.
Staff electronics institute University of Michigan, summer 1937. Kelvin lecturer Institute Electrical Engineers, London, England., 1947.
Member subcommittee physics of committee electric insulation National Research Council. Fellow American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Physical Society London, Philosophical Society Washington. Member Optical Society American, Franklin Institute, French, German physical societies, American Association Physics Teachers, Physical Society Japan, Geophysical Union, Sons of the American Revolution, Society Mayflower Descendants, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Member United States Naval Institute, Scabbard and Blade.
Clubs: Faculty (University of California).
Married Lora Lane, 1928 (divorced 1940). Married second, Charlotte Pearson, May 1941. Children: Anne L., Jacqueline L.