Loomis, Reginald D.
Forester
[1904]-

Reg Loomis joined the Alberta Forest Surveys Division, ca. 1950,
after being employed with the federal government as a foresry
researcher and with International Paper Company in New Brunswick. 
He was Senior Superintendent, 1953-1966, and Administrator of
Forest Management in the Alberta Department of Lands and Forests
from 1966 to 1969. He retired in 1973. The province's first
professional forester, he helped introduce sustained yield logging
to Alberta.

Multiple media, 1915-1989, 0.11 m

Brief to Alberta Lands and Forests, 1963

Correspondence, 1950-1960
To E.S. Huestis, Director of Forestry.

Memoirs, 1987-1989
Interviews by Peter J. Murphy (7 sound tape cassettes).

Memoranda, [1953-1956]
Includes Canadian Institute of Forestry.

Reports, 1915,1924
Background reports on Cold Lake and Clearwater districts.

Speeches, 1956-1973.

The records derive from Mr. Loomis' work with the Alberta
Forest Service, 1950-1973; background papers for 1915 and
1924 are included.

Access: Open
See also: Department of Forest Science