Alfred Lee Loomis Wall Street Tycoon, Physicist and Hilton Head Owner

Alfred Lee Loomis, a Wall Street tycoon turned self-taught scientist, transformed his Tuxedo Park mansion into a secret lab that drew minds like Einstein and propelled major advances in physics. He funded MIT’s Rad Lab, speeding radar development crucial to WWII and paving the way for the atomic bomb. Loomis also owned 22,000 acres of Hilton Head Island.