Justin Rolph Loomis (August 21, 1810 – June 22, 1898) was the fourth president of
Bucknell University
Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. ...
from 1858 to 1879.
Loomis was married three times. He constructed and lived in a three-story home on South Third Street in Lewisburg, still standing today. He was also instrumental in the construction of the President's Home on the Bucknell campus, and the Baptist Church on South Third Street in Lewisburg. Loomis Field at the university is named in his honor.
He is buried in the Lewisburg Cemetery on South Seventh Street in Lewisburg.
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'' The elements of geology adapted to the use of schools and colleges'', Justin Rolph Loomis, 1852, Gould and Lincoln (Boston)
Presidents of Bucknell University
Colby College faculty
1810 births
1898 deaths
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