Background
Loomis, Walter Earl was born on June 12, 1898 in Makanda, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Scott and Mary (Anderson) Loomis.
Loomis, Walter Earl was born on June 12, 1898 in Makanda, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Scott and Mary (Anderson) Loomis.
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1921; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1922; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1924.
Assistant University Illinois, 1920-1921. Graduate assistant Cornell University, 1921-1924. National Research Council fellow in botany, 1924-1925.
Assistant professor University Arkansas, 1925-1927. Associate professor and professor plant physiology Iowa State University, from 1927. Research professor Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station, from 1943.
Agent United States Department Agriculture, B.P.I., 1938, Bureau Economics, 1941. Special science aid Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico, 1954. Visiting professor Cornell University, 1955, Duke University, 1962, University North Carolina, 1964-1965.
Agricultural adviser Egypt and Italy, 1956, Iran, 1957. Vice chairman committee on agricultural pests National Research Council, 1954-1956.
Member subcommittee, division science personnel War Manpower Commission. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Iowa Academy Science (chairman botanical section 1942-1944). Member American Society Naturalists, Botanical Society American, American Society Plant Physiology (secretary-treasurer 1939-1941, vice president 1942, president 1943, Charles Reid Barnes award 1957), American Society Horticultural Science, American Society Agronomy, Scandinavian Society Plant Physiology, Sigma Xi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi. M C.
Married Helen Parke, October 9, 1924. Children: Walter David, Robert Simpson.