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

Biography

He was born on April 2, 1864, in

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, to Chester Loomis (1831–1904) and Lydia Esther Norton (1838–1906). He went to work in the law department of the

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. He then worked in the office of the general superintendent of the

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. In 1894 he was made superintendent of the

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, division of the Erie Railroad. He was then manager of the Blossburg Coal Company. In 1898 he was appointed general superintendent of the

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and of the

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. In 1899 the

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under William Haynes Truesdale was reorganized and Loomis was hired. He was president of the

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from 1917 to 1937. He died on July 11, 1937, at his

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, Holiday Farm, in

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Other positions

Loomis was a trustee of the American Surety Company. He was director of three New York banks: Liberty National Bank, the Chatham and Phenix Bank and the Coal and Iron National Bank. An executor of the estate of Samuel L. Clemens, he was president and director of the Mark Twain Company. He was director of the Temple Iron Company and of

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. He was treasurer and director of the Moses Taylor Hospital and director of the Playground and Recreation Association of America. He was president and director of the Harlem Transfer Company, vice-president and director of the

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, vice-president and director of the Hoboken Ferry.

Memberships

He was a member of the

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, the

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, the

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, the Recess Club, the Railroad Club of New York, the

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, the

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, the Country Club of Scranton and of the

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References

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