Allison Loomer
Professor Emeritus
Al was born April 18, 1913, in Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Brett Baxter Loomer, DDS, and Mabel Potter Loomer. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and did further graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following World War II, he became a U.S. citizen.
Al was a teacher for 50 years, beginning at age 20 at a junior high in Wolfville, NS. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Royal Canadian Air Force (meteorology, 1942 to 1945), Milton College (1945 to 1955), and UWGB and its two-year predecessor (1955 to 1983). He frequently was recognized by his students as one of the outstanding teachers at UWGB. He also was very active in faculty activities at UWGB, including parliamentarian of the Faculty Senate for 14 years, and was Faculty Representative to the UWGB Athletics Committee. In recent years, he particularly enjoyed his involvement in the Retired Faculty Club and in important University events such as commencement. Upon his retirement in 1983, he was honored with Professor Emeritus status by the University.
Al was very involved in Union Congregational Church, including serving as Moderator of the church, as well as in many other roles. He was active in the Brown County Council of Churches, serving as its President in 1979. He also served in the prison ministry for the Green Bay Correctional Institution, and was active in other civic activities, including serving as parliamentarian for the Pulaski School Board for a number of years.
Al was an avid tennis player, amazingly playing until he was 96 years old. He had a regular game three times a week with a group of friends at Western Racquet Club.
He was the first certified television meteorologist in the Green Bay market, at WFRV-TV. He was the meteorologist for Channel 5 from 1958 to 1961, and later filled in on weekends in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Source UWGB Retiree Association
Al was a teacher for 50 years, beginning at age 20 at a junior high in Wolfville, NS. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Royal Canadian Air Force (meteorology, 1942 to 1945), Milton College (1945 to 1955), and UWGB and its two-year predecessor (1955 to 1983). He frequently was recognized by his students as one of the outstanding teachers at UWGB. He also was very active in faculty activities at UWGB, including parliamentarian of the Faculty Senate for 14 years, and was Faculty Representative to the UWGB Athletics Committee. In recent years, he particularly enjoyed his involvement in the Retired Faculty Club and in important University events such as commencement. Upon his retirement in 1983, he was honored with Professor Emeritus status by the University.
Al was very involved in Union Congregational Church, including serving as Moderator of the church, as well as in many other roles. He was active in the Brown County Council of Churches, serving as its President in 1979. He also served in the prison ministry for the Green Bay Correctional Institution, and was active in other civic activities, including serving as parliamentarian for the Pulaski School Board for a number of years.
Al was an avid tennis player, amazingly playing until he was 96 years old. He had a regular game three times a week with a group of friends at Western Racquet Club.
He was the first certified television meteorologist in the Green Bay market, at WFRV-TV. He was the meteorologist for Channel 5 from 1958 to 1961, and later filled in on weekends in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Source UWGB Retiree Association
Education
B.A. (1933), M.S. (1935), Acadia