Edward Eugene Loomis

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Edward Eugene Loomis
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Loomis c. 1915
President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
In office
1917–1937
Personal details
Born(1864-04-02)April 2, 1864
German Flatts, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 11, 1937(1937-07-11) (aged 73)
Murray Hill, New Jersey

Edward Eugene Loomis (April 2, 1864 – July 11, 1937) was President of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from 1917 to 1937.[1][2][3]

Biography[]

He was born on April 2, 1864, in German Flatts, New York, to Chester Loomis (1831–1904) and Lydia Esther Norton (1838–1906).[4]

He went to work in the law department of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. He then worked in the office of the general superintendent of the Erie Railroad. In 1894 he was made superintendent of the Tioga County, Pennsylvania, division of the Erie Railroad. He was then manager of the Blossburg Coal Company. In 1898 he was appointed general superintendent of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway and of the Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad. In 1899 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under William Haynes Truesdale was reorganized and Loomis was hired.[2]

He was president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from 1917 to 1937.[3][2]

He died on July 11, 1937, at his summer home, Holiday Park, in Murray Hill, New Jersey.[1]

Other positions[]

Loomis was a trustee of the . He was director of three New York banks: , the Chatham and Phenix Bank and the . An executor of the estate of Samuel L. Clemens, he was president and director of the Mark Twain Company. He was director of the and of Prizma. He was treasurer and director of the and director of the . He was president and director of the , vice-president and director of the Morris and Essex Railroad, vice-president and director of the Hoboken Ferry.[2]

Memberships[]

He was a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, the Metropolitan Club, the , the , the Westmoreland Club of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the of Scranton, Pennsylvania, the and of the Baltusrol Golf Club.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "E. E. Loomis is Dead. Railroad Leader. President of the Lehigh Valley System Through War, He Recently Retired". The New York Times. July 12, 1937.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "E. E. Loomis Heads Lehigh Valley". Retail Coalman. March 1, 1917. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Hutto, Richard Jay (2006). Their Gilded Cage: The Jekyll Island Club Members. ISBN 0-9770912-2-8. Edward Eugene Loomis (1864 -1937), railroad president. He was president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company and its subsidiaries, including the Lehigh ...
  4. ^ "Life Information". BillionGraves. BillionGraves, LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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