Alfred Lee Loomis (4 November 1887 – 11 Agustus 1975) adalah seorang jaksa, bankir investasi, filantropis, ilmuwan/fisikawan, penemu LORAN Long Range Navigation System, dan pelindung seumur hidup riset saintifik. Ia mendirikan Loomis Laboratory di Tuxedo Park, New York, dan perannya dalam pengembangan radar dianggap penting dalam kemenangan Sekutu pada Perang Dunia II.
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- Alvarez, Luis W. (1980). "Alfred Lee Loomis". National Academy of Sciences. Biographical memoirs. 51. Washington D.C.: National Academies Press. hlm. 308–341.
- Conant, Jennet (2002). Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. hardcover: ISBN 0-684-87287-0, paperback: ISBN 0-684-87288-9
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Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Alfred Lee Loomis.
- "The Consummate Amateur". Diakses tanggal 2008-09-18. - A review of Tuxedo Park in American Scientist pointing out a few errors and exaggerations in the book.
- . Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-07-15. Diakses tanggal 2008-09-15. - A review of Tuxedo Park at SIAM news.
- Booknotes interview with Conant on Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of World War II, June 9, 2002. 2015-08-17 di Wayback Machine.
- National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir